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Northwood_DK

10-30-2009, 06:15 PM

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07/07/09
It has been well known for some time in football circles that the American owners of Liverpool FC George Gillett and Tom Hicks have not seen eye to eye on a lot of issues with the team’s manager Rafael Benítez. Still it was a huge surprise that the owners today decided to terminate his contract just 1 ½ months before the start of the 2009-10 Premier League season.

But it was an even bigger surprise that they decided to appoint Thomas Northwood as the new man in charge on Anfield Road. Mr Northwood has been out of football since 2005 (FM2005) but is expected to be presented to the media in a press conference later this week.

Thomas Northwood will be under huge pressure to show results from day-1. The minimum expectation for the team by both fans and media is to challenge for the title and also do well in Europe.

08/07/09
First order of business for LFCs new GM Thomas Northwood was to attend the press conference. After the medias came away with this quote from the new GM.

“Tom Northwood was not giving much away as he met journalists for his first press conference as the new manager of Liverpool.
A journalist from the Daily Post chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "New managers often bring about times of change and upheaval and some might fear for their jobs. Will there be changes?"
Northwood's response was, "Everyone will have a chance to prove that they are worthy of being here."

The rest of the day the new GM spend on the practise field watching the Liverpool first team and the reserves play a friendly. It was a chance for both players and staff to get a feel for the new formation all LFC teams will be playing this season. The formation is described as a mix between a 4-3-2-1 and 4-4-2 depending on the situation.
GM Northwood decided to play what could very well be the starting lineup on opening day before substituting almost the entire team in the second half. The game finished 4-1 but the only important new from the game was that Steven Gerrard was injured after just 13 minutes of play and will be out for 4 to 5 days with a bruised rib.

MATCH REPORT:
Liverpool 4 - 1 Liverpool Reserves (Friendly)

Despite Liverpool's comfortable 4 - 1 victory over minnows Liverpool Reserves, some pundits were unimpressed with the manner of victory, with the underdogs causing Liverpool far more problems than had been expected.

The match started tentatively for Liverpool with Sotiris Kyrgiakos nearly handing the opposition the lead on 2 minutes. Israel captain Yossi Benayoun gave Liverpool the lead with a screamer from the edge of the area in the 37th minute.
Winger Albert Riera doubled Liverpool's lead with a placed shot on 40 minutes. Voronin scored with a close range effort in the 50th minute to extend the lead further.
Striker David N'Gog pulled one back for Liverpool Reserves after 51 minutes with a placed shot. Commanding centre-back Jamie Carragher completed the rout with a placed shot from close range on 54 minutes.
Attendance: 0

This will be the only game the first team play before going inn to training camp. The next scheduled game will not be until 18/7 when the team plays France team Le Mans UC 72 in the first of six friendlys leading up to the start of the regular season.

09/07/09
The biggest problem for new manager Thomas Northwood might possible not be found on the field but instead in the boardroom and on the way to the bank. Despite the sale of Alonso to real Madrid for close to £30milllion and an annual transfer budget of close to £20milllion the team is almost out of transfer money.
Most of that money was spend on Glen Johnson and Albert Aquilani who was both brought inn before the American owners decided to fire Benitez.
With the owners reportedly being almost out of cash with most of there money being tied up in assets and debts it’s unlikely that more money will be made available anytime soon. Add a bank loan of £300mil waiting to be paid back, Northwood’s only chance to add quality players to the roster before the season will be by selling fringe players.
Witch players that will be made available for transfer is still unclear but speculations around Anfield keep mentioning Andriy Voronin, Dirk Kuyt and Philip Degen as players that might be on top of the list and on the way out.
The current transfer budget for this season has been set at £2M and the wage budget at £1.1M p/w.

10/07/09
It didn’t take long from the time LFC manager Tom Northwood mentioned that Andriy Voronin was available for trade until the first teams showed interest.

“Middlesbrough boss to spend transfer budget
It is being widely reported that Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate is all set to spend the bulk of his transfer budget on Liverpool striker Andriy Voronin.
The striker is valued by his club at £3.1M.
Voronin has recently revealed that he was disappointed to find himself transfer-listed at Anfield and is determined to prove himself.”

In other news Liverpool today said no to an offer to play GH Academy in a friendly. Tom Northwood said he would prefer to spend the time on the practise field instead.

11/07/09
The team today decided to turn down an offer on 17-year old Hungarian GK Peter Gulácsi from Italian club Juventus. Gulácsi is a hot prospect for the future and was a regular starter for Coca-Cola League 1 team Hereford on a loan contract.

12/07/09
Liverpool have announced the latest figures from ongoing season ticket sales.
As of today, the club have sold 17465 season tickets for the upcoming season. The board expect the club to sell another 11900 season tickets in the following weeks, taking the number of season ticket holders for the upcoming season up to around 29400 in total.

Northwood_DK

10-31-2009, 04:06 PM

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13/07/09
LFCs front office today received an official offer for DMC Lucas. The 22 year old Brazilian with two caps joined Liverpool from Gremio for £6mil and has 43 league appearances. The offer came from Genoa who are willing to pay £4.9mil. Liverpool got six days to answer the offer and they might be tempted to take it and add some money to the transfer budget. The team will likely try to get a better offer as several teams with Man City and Tottenham leading the pack, are also interested in the young Brazilian. The team still got Argentinean Javier Mascherano who can play DMC.

14/07/09
Another player Liverpool might consider trading to make more transfer money available is David Ngoc. The problem in trading the 20-year old France player is that he is conceded on of the best young talents on the team.

15/07/09
The Liverpool vs FC Bayern Friendly match on Tuesday 21st July 2009 has been chosen for live television coverage.

The first leg of the second qualifying round for the Champions League was played today. With seventeen matches played and 42 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Aukstaitija where a crowd of 1564 witnessed a shock result during Ekranas' 1 - 0 victory over Debrecen. Elsewhere, a brace from Yosef Luzon inspired a win for the away side during Levadia's heavy 0 - 3 defeat against M. Haifa and Adem Ljajic scored the pick of the goals in WIT-Georgia's 1 - 2 defeat against Partizan with a placed shot from close range.

16/07/09
The transfer talk really opened up for Liverpool FC today as its being widely reported that Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is all set to spend the bulk of his transfer budget on Liverpool left winger Ryan Babel. The left winger is valued by his club at £5.75M. Babel, 22, arrived at Anfield from Ajax for a fee of £14.75M in 2007. The left winger will mostly be a backup on Anfield this season as Albert Riera most likely will be the starter.

It was also reported today that LFC was in talk with Galatasaray about a possible trade for Brazilian attacking midfielder Lincoln. It’s reported that Liverpool is willing to send Andriy Voronin to Turkey in return.

17/07/09
Man City today became the second team to make a bid for Lucas. They made an offer of £6,000,000 for Lucas and have set a deadline of Saturday 25th July 2009 for Liverpool's decision
Genoa are amongst the favourites to sign Lucas and have reportedly made an offer, but Aston Villa, Tottenham and Espanyol are also said to be very interested.

At the same time has all the transfer speculations the last few days started to have an impact on the involved players. Liverpool's Ryan Babel has told BirminghamMail.net that he would be keen on joining Aston Villa, but is concerned that the media speculation surrounding such a move might have a detrimental impact on his football.
The 22 year old left winger commented that the sooner the situation was resolved, the better it would be for all parties concerned. Babel, 22, arrived at Anfield from Ajax for a fee of £14.75M in 2007. Aston Villa have still not made an official bid for the attacking midfielder from Holland.

18/07/09
The Liverpool squad came directly from the pre-season training camp to Le Mans for the first real match in the warm-up for the Premier League and it took them 38 minutes to put the first goal on the scoreboard.

MATCH REPORT:
Le Mans UC 72 0 - 3 Liverpool (Friendly)

Liverpool enjoyed near total domination over a distinctly average Le Mans UC 72 side at Stade Léon Bollée this evening.
Player Jean-Pierre Duhalde showed a sign of things to come though as he nearly gifted Liverpool a goal on 35 minutes. Israel captain Yossi Benayoun gave Liverpool the lead with a powerful effort in the 39th minute.
Striker Fernando Torres doubled Liverpool's lead with a powerful effort on 43 minutes. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard completed the rout with a powerful effort on 48 minutes.
Attendance: 14474

19/07/09
Liverpool came home from the short trip to France to find several transfer requests waiting for them.

Lazio manager Davide Ballardini is believed to be interested in securing the services of Liverpool's Andrea Dossena. Ballardini is clearly keen to add to his squad and sees the 27 year-old full-back as an ideal signing. Dossena, who has 3 years left on his current contract, has been at Anfield since July 2008.

Liverpool's Philipp Degen is reportedly a transfer target for Wigan Athletic.
Wigan manager Roberto Martínez is believed to be interested in the 26 year-old right-back and could be looking to bring him to DW Stadium in the near future.
Degen is on the transfer-list at Liverpool but remains fiercely loyal to the club and has expressed a desire to stay.

Speculation is also mounting that Wolves are keeping tabs on Liverpool left-back Emiliano Insúa as manager Mick McCarthy looks to expand the squad at Molineux. Wolves are reported to have made the full-back one of their top transfer targets and will presumably be looking to follow up their interest in the near future. Insúa signed for league runners up Liverpool in 2007.
LFCs manager Tom Northwood issued a hands off warning for the young player he considers being an important part of the first team this season.

Northwood_DK

10-31-2009, 06:09 PM

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20/07/09
The players got a quiet day while the team prepares for the first home game of the season. Liverpool will play Bayern München in a friendly this week. The front office also decided to turn down the offer from Genoa who made an offer worth £4,900,000 plus future incentives for Lucas. Instead the concentrate on the £6,000,000 offer they still have from Man City. Media are also still talking about Sunderland, Tottenham and Stuttgart as future destination for the young player.

21/07/09
The 44.000 showing up for the first home game of the year for Liverpool were possible a bit disappointed that both Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard started the game on the bench but with three games in five days GM Northwood have to protect his players.

http://www.mayfieldathleticfc.co.uk/images/bt/match_report_sm.gif MATCH REPORT:
Liverpool 1 - 2 FC Bayern München (Friendly)
FC Bayern München battled their way to a 2 - 1 victory in this evenly-matched contest between two hard-working teams. An error from Jamie Carragher allowed winger Bastian Schweinsteiger to score a placed shot. Experienced striker Miroslav Klose doubled FC Bayern's lead with a close range header on 45 minutes. Striker Dirk Kuyt's 47th minute strike proved the only consolation for The Reds.
Attendance: 44263

Other teams is also struggling in there workup to the season. Man City lost a friendly to West Brom. and Chelsea had to fight for a 1-0 win over Bradford.

22/07/09
DL Emiliano Insúa has told Football365.com that he has neither asked to leave Liverpool nor requested that he be allowed to speak to Wolves. The 20-year-old left-back added that he was under contract at Anfield and would therefore continue to work hard for the club and his team-mates.

The Liverpool Reserves had a bad first outing this week in a 0-3 loss to Charlton. Only positive comments was for Adam Pepper's performance during the match. The attacking midfielder made several key passes which had an influence on the game

With thirty-four teams in action and 38 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Stadion FK Partizan where a crowd of 12591 witnessed Partizan's convincing 5 - 2 aggregate win over WIT-Georgia. A possible talking point from the game being a red card for Partizan's Vladimir Milutinovic.
Elsewhere, a brace from Wasim Reuven inspired a win for the home side during M. Haifa's convincing 7 - 0 aggregate win over Levadia and Christian Ilic scored the pick of the goals in Baki's heavy 0 - 5 aggregate loss against FC RB Salzburg with a well timed close range finish.

23/07/09
The team needs to get ready for a new match on just two days rest. Once again GM Northwood decides to sit down most of the big names and give the backups a chance to show why they belong in the starting line-up.

http://www.mayfieldathleticfc.co.uk/images/bt/match_report_sm.gif MATCH REPORT:
Dunfermline Athletic 0 - 2 Liverpool (Friendly)
Liverpool produced a good display this evening to see off the challenge of Dunfermline Athletic at East End Park. Striker David N'Gog got Liverpool off to a flyer by scoring a placed shot on 5 minutes. Young forward Daniel Pacheco completed the scoring for Liverpool with a placed shot on 24 minutes. Player Nigel Bett then summed up his team's performance by nearly gifting Liverpool another goal on 53 minutes.

24/07/09
English Premier Division title odds from Sky Bet was released today. Man Utd have been made 7-4 favourites to win the English Premier Division title this season. The rest of the main contenders are priced at: 5-2 - Liverpool, 5-2 - Chelsea, 5-1 - Man City, 5-1 - Arsenal and 33-1 - Everton.
As far as Liverpool is concerned, the bookmakers believe that they definitely have the quality to mount a serious title challenge and that no matter what happens LFC will be there or thereabouts come the end of the season.

Over the last 24 hours LFCs front office have turned down several offers for Emiliano Insúa. The latest offer came from Sunderland who made an offer worth £6,000,000 plus future incentives for Emiliano Insúa. Birmingham, West Brom and Wolves are among the other clubs who have put in offers for Insúa. They have all been turned down by GM Northwood.

25/07/09
This time LFC starts a team of veterans expected to start on ay one combined with a few young players looking for a chance.

http://www.mayfieldathleticfc.co.uk/images/bt/match_report_sm.gif MATCH REPORT:
Hibernian 0 - 4 Liverpool (Friendly)
Liverpool fans celebrated an emphatic 4 - 0 win at Easter Road Stadium this afternoon. The highlight of the game was undoubtedly a superb hat-trick from Liverpool's David N'Gog. Liverpool finally took the lead when striker David N'Gog scored a close range header on 54 minutes. Striker Dirk Kuyt doubled Liverpool's lead with a real poacher's effort on 62 minutes. An error from Chris Hogg allowed N'Gog to score a placed shot. N'Gog completed the rout with a powerful effort on 80 minutes.
Attendance: 1694

David N'Gog is more and more looking like the future sidekick for Torres up on top. He now got 5 goals in the pre season

26/07/09
Liverpool have announced the latest figures from ongoing season ticket sales. As of today, the club have sold 24090 season tickets for the upcoming season. The board expect the club to sell another 5300 season tickets in the following weeks, taking the number of season ticket holders for the upcoming season up to around 29400 in total.

Man City have now raised there offer for Lucas from £6,000,000 on the 15th to now £9,000,000 just 10 days later. Interest in Lucas is still thought to be high, with Aston Villa and Tottenham among the clubs rumoured to be looking at the player. They have set a deadline of Sunday 2nd August 2009 for Liverpool's decision.
This offer might b to good to turn down for a Liverpool team in desperate need for money.

Northwood_DK

11-01-2009, 01:53 PM

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27/07/09
The trade for Brazilian midfielder Lincoln from Galatasaray was cancelled today. Liverpool had already agreed on a contract with Lincoln but Andriy Voronin did not manage to come to an agreement with the Turkish team. Andriy Voronin's agent has indicated that his client has rejected the contract offer from Galatasaray because he felt he is deserving of a better basic salary and he was looking for the manager to give him assurances of a key role in the team. At this point it’s unclear if Liverpool will continue to bid for Lincoln.

28/07/09
Liverpool’s Reserves were thrashed 0-4 by Cardiff City at Cardiff City Stadium this evening. Coach John McMahon commented on Adam Pepper's performance during the match. The attacking midfielder made several key passes which had an influence on the game. That’s the second time 17-year old Adam Pepper is mentioned for a good match.

29/07/09
The first leg of the final qualifying round for the Champions League was played today. With fifteen matches played and 34 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Estádio José Alvalade Século XXI where a crowd of 29967 witnessed Sporting CP's convincing 4 - 0 victory over Dinamo Moscow. Elsewhere, Willian scored a placed shot from close range during FC Twente's 0 - 2 defeat against Shakhtar and 16283 watched Sparta Prague's 1 - 2 defeat against Celtic where Martyn Law scored the pick of the goals with a well timed close range finish.

30/07/09
Just two week before the start of the regular season Liverpool play there second to last friendly and this time most of the players expected to start the season is in the starting line-up including both Torres and Gerrard.

MATCH REPORT:
Bury 0 - 3 Liverpool (Friendly)
Liverpool produced a good display this evening to see off the challenge of Bury at Gigg Lane. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard gave Liverpool the lead with a screamer from the edge of the area in the 12th minute. An error from Danny Carlton allowed striker Fernando Torres to score a placed shot which hit the inside of the post before crossing the line. The last goal of the game came from forward Ryan Lowe whose 45th minute own-goal will undoubtedly cause him some embarrassment. Once again the second half was used to give some new talent a chance to shine without it resulting in more goals.

31/07/09
Liverpool has tried to put together a new deal for Galatasaray midfielder Lincoln. Unfortunately the lack of cash is hurting them and at this point it looks unlikely that a deal will be done. That means that LFC likely will start Gerrard and Dirk Kuyt as the attacking midfielders on opening day. Dirk Kuyt have played very well in the friendly games and got he second highest rating (7.27) only behind GK José Manuel Reina (7.30).

01/08/09
Assistant manager Sammy Lee came up with the following important dates for LFC in the month ahead:
1.8.2009 - Huddersfield v Liverpool (Friendly)
7.8.2009 - European Champions Cup Champions Playoff Draw
15.8.2009 - Liverpool v Portsmouth (Premier Division)
18.8.2009 - West Ham v Liverpool (Premier Division)
19.8.2009 - European Champions Cup Champions Playoff
20.8.2009 - Man Utd Reserves v Liverpool Reserves
22.8.2009 - Liverpool v Blackburn (Premier Division)
25.8.2009 - English League Cup Second Round
26.8.2009 - European Champions Cup Best Placed Playoff
26.8.2009 - Burnley Reserves v Liverpool Reserves
28.8.2009 - English League Cup Third Round Draw
29.8.2009 - Birmingham v Liverpool (Premier Division)

The new boss on Anfield road don’t talk much to the media but today Liverpool’s GM Thomas Northwood indicated that he is thinking about launching a bid to sign R.C.D. Espanyol de Barcelona S.A.D.'s Raúl Tamudo. Northwood stated that Tamudo was currently in his thoughts but no decision will be made until he has weighed up all his options first.

Raúl Tamudo told the Spanish media that he was surprised and flattered with the interest shown in him from Liverpool's Tom Northwood. Tamudo continued by stating that the opportunity to play for a team of Liverpool's stature doesn't come along too often and that if the opportunity does arise then he would give it serious consideration.

What can stop a possible buy of Tamudo is the other news out of Anfield today.
The loan repayment is to begin this month. The club is now required to make monthly repayments of £2.5M towards the £240M bank loan taken out earlier.

02/08/09
The last test before the Premier Division kicks off 15/8 is against Huddersfield and it wasn’t pretty.

MATCH REPORT:
Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Liverpool (Friendly)
Huddersfield Town pulled off a great shock today with a 2 - 1 victory over Liverpool. Huddersfield finally took the lead when striker Joe Garner scored a placed shot on 45 minutes. Young full-back Stephen Darby then equalised for Liverpool in the 50th minute with an effort which hit the inside of the post before crossing the line. Striker Jordan Rhodes scored what proved to be the winner for the home side on 75 minutes with a placed shot.

Liverpool has announced the latest figures from ongoing season ticket sales. As of today, the club has sold 28000 season tickets for the upcoming season. The board expects the club to sell another 1400 season tickets in the following weeks, taking the number of season ticket holders for the upcoming season up to around 29400 in total.

Northwood_DK

11-02-2009, 01:56 PM

Northwood_DK

11-03-2009, 03:32 AM

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10/08/09
Liverpool today picked captains for the upcoming season. Like previous years Steven Gerrard was the clear choice as captain but it was a bit of a surprise that GM Tom Northwood picked Javier Mascherano as Vice-captain instead of Jamie Carragher who held that duty before.

In other LFC news the team decided to ship GK Peter Gulácsi to Inter for a £170,000 transfer fee. Liverpool will also have to decide if they wants to take more of Man City’s money as they have made an £4.8mil offer for Andrea Dossena.

11/08/09
The English League Cup First Round has seen a number of clubs knocked out by lower league opposition, with the biggest shock coming at Gigg Lane as Coca-Cola League 2 outfit Bury claimed a famous win against Coca-Cola Championship side Sheffield United. Coca-Cola League 2 outfit Lincoln City are also through to the Second Round after shocking Coca-Cola Championship side Sheffield Wednesday at Sincil Bank. Elsewhere, there were wins for Macclesfield Town, Burton Albion, Brentford and Derby County.

The best viewing was to be found at Griffin Park where a crowd of 7865 witnessed a shock result during Brentford's 10 - 9 penalty win over Q.P.R. Liverpool will not join the tournament until a later stage.

12/08/09
Liverpool have sent people to Brazil to negotiate with Cruzeiro about attacker Kléber. Cruzeiro turned down Liverpool’s first offer of £5,750,000 but LFC hope to get Cruzeiro back to the table by adding Vitor Flora who Cruzeiro have shown interest in to the deal.

13/08/09
Liverpool was once again turned down by Cruzeiro. The new offer for Kléber was not enough and LFC will now look other places to improve the team before season start.

Emiliano Insúa has thanked Diego Maradona for handing him his Argentina debut and told of his delight at earning his first cap. The Liverpool left-back added that he hoped he could now go back to his club and keep doing well so that Maradona will pick him in his next Argentina squad.

14/08/09
Liverpool favourites for Portsmouth clash.
Liverpool: 4-7(Fav) Draw: 5-2 Portsmouth: 4-1 (English Premier Division)
League runners up Liverpool have been touted as comfortable favourites but will have to be wary about complacency when taking on Portsmouth, according to Sky Bet.

In the last press conference before the season kicks off tomorrow Thomas Northwood appeared in good spirits when he met journalists ahead of Liverpool's match against Portsmouth in the English Premier Division. A journalist from the Liverpool Echo chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "How would you describe your relationship with Paul Hart currently?"
Northwood's response was, "We have a strong understanding and a great mutual respect for each other."
It is thought that the Liverpool squad should react well to Northwood's handling of the question.

15/08/09
Youth Coach Rodolfo Borrell was present as Liverpool Under 18s emerged victorious against Preston North End Under 18s at Deepdale this afternoon. Borrell singled out Stephen Sama as the team's top performer. The central defender scored a goal to round off an impressive display.

The two teams from Manchester kicked off the 2009-2010 Premier League season today. City took the first hand as they recorded a 2-0 victory. The goals was scored by ex-Man U player Carlos Tevez and Robinho.

http://www.mayfieldathleticfc.co.uk/images/bt/match_report_sm.gif MATCH REPORT:
Liverpool 2 - 0 Portsmouth (Premier Division)
Liverpool enjoyed near total domination over a distinctly average Portsmouth side at Anfield this afternoon. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard gave Liverpool the lead with a close range header in the 27th minute. With Portsmouth staring at defeat, there was controversy as midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng then had a penalty shout turned down.
Then followed controversy as Liverpool were denied claims by Argentina captain Javier Mascherano for a penalty. Things went from bad to worse for Portsmouth as South Africa and Portsmouth captain Aaron Mokoena earned himself an early bath for persistent fouling on 84 minutes.
Full-back Fábio Aurélio finally rounded off their victory on 85 minutes with a freekick.
Attendance: 45000
Man of the match: Fábio Aurélio

Thomas Northwood was not giving much away as he met journalists in the wake of Liverpool's 2 - 0 English Premier Division victory over Portsmouth.
A journalist from skysports.com chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "Fábio Aurélio picked up the man of match award for your side today. How did you rate his performance?"
Northwood's response was, "Fábio Aurélio had a good solid game and I expect to see more of the same."
There is speculation that Fábio Aurélio will be buoyed by Northwood's positive words.

16/08/09
Portsmouth had a controversial penalty appeal turned down in the 38th minute during Portsmouth's 0 - 2 English Premier Division defeat against Liverpool. Kevin-Prince Boateng believed that the referee had missed a blatant foul by Philipp Degen in the box and that Portsmouth should have been awarded a penalty. Portsmouth boss Paul Hart refused to openly criticise the referee after the match, claiming that he was not prepared to risk being reprimanded by the FA.

Liverpool have announced the final sales figures for season tickets.
The ticket office has confirmed that the club have sold 28000 season tickets for this season.

bulletsponge

11-03-2009, 05:29 PM

interesting

Northwood_DK

11-04-2009, 11:21 AM

interesting

Thanks for reading bulletsponge.

Feel free to ask any questions.

Northwood_DK

11-04-2009, 11:23 AM

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17/08/09
Man City has still not given up on DMC Lucas. Today’s they once again offered LFC £9mil for the 22-year old Brazilian. Liverpool turned down the same offer a few weeks back and will not accept it this time either. But instead of turning it down straight away they have decided to negotiate with Man City to see if they can get any more out of a possible deal. They are looking at getting Man City to add FC Benjni to the deal.

Liverpool is also preparing for the second game of the regular season against West Ham. They lost there first game of the year 0-2 to Chelsea and will be desperately looking for a win.

18/08/09
Liverpool only makes a single change to the team that won the season opener a few days ago. Man of the match from the first game Fábio Aurélio gets a chance to start this week and Albert Riera is moved to the bench.

http://www.mayfieldathleticfc.co.uk/images/bt/match_report_sm.gif MATCH REPORT:
West Ham United 1 - 3 Liverpool (Premier Division)
An efficient performance by Liverpool's players saw them confidently overcome a lacklustre West Ham United 3 - 1 at Upton Park. Full-back Fábio Aurélio got Liverpool off to a flyer by scoring a placed shot on 8 minutes. Striker Fernando Torres doubled Liverpool's lead with a placed shot on 86 minutes. Striker Carlton Cole gave the West Ham fans a glimmer of hope after 88 minutes with a placed shot. When Spector gave away a penalty, Gerrard confidently stepped up to score from the spot.
Attendance: 34098
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A controversial penalty was given in the 90th minute during West Ham's 1 - 3 English Premier Division defeat against Liverpool. West Ham defensive midfielder Radoslav Kovac revealed after the match that he felt that a penalty was a harsh decision for his team-mate Jonathan Spector.
West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola refused to openly criticise the referee after the match, claiming that he was not prepared to risk being reprimanded by the FA.
Liverpool’s manager Tom Northwood also declined to answer questions about the penalty in his press conference after the game. He instead spend time praising West Hams keeper Robert Green who had a great game and was named player of the game.

19/08/09
It’s early in the season but the Liverpool supporters are still delighted to see the Reds on top of the division standing. The fans were pleased with the amount of times the team managed to test the opposition goalkeeper. Fábio Aurélio, Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres particularly impressed the fans.

Clubs are still contacting Liverpool requesting about players. LFC once again turned down Genoas bid to loan (with option to buy) of Lucas. It’s also reported that Stoke is now looking in to the possibilities to buy Emiliano Insúa. Tom Northwood issued a hands off warning.

The first leg of the final qualifying round for the Champions league was played today. With ten matches played and 22 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Emirates Stadium where a crowd of 60361 witnessed Arsenal's 0 - 1 defeat against At. Madrid. The game was marred however by an injury to Arsenal's Philippe Senderos. Three other Gunners players also picked up injuries in the game.
Elsewhere, Celtic's 1 - 3 defeat against Olympique Lyonnais proved to be a fiery affair and Adrian Mutu scored the pick of the goals in Fiorentina's 2 - 0 victory over Shakhtar with a superb chip over the keeper from the edge of the box.

It has been another great day of action in the English Premier Division. With six teams in action and 14 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Old Trafford where a crowd of 76212 witnessed Man Utd's convincing 6 - 1 victory over Tottenham. The highlight of that match was hat-tricks by both Guiseppe Rossi and Wayne Rooney. In this game Peter Crouch also scored his first ever goal for Tottenham.
Elsewhere, Morten Gamst Pedersen scored the 3rd hat-trick of the day during Blackburn's 3 - 3 draw with Chelsea and 20311 watched Portsmouth's 0 - 1 defeat against Wigan.

20/08/09
Man City today spent another £12,500,000 for the transfer of Marek Hamsik from Napoli. Hamsik is a 22-year old attacking midfielder from Slovakia. The latest buy by the Man City owners take the teams total spending before this season to £49.500.000.

21/08/09
The Liverpool Reserves had another bad day as they lost 0 - 3 to the Man Utd Reserves. Coach John McMahon was present and commented on Nicolaj Køhlert's good performance during the match. The Liverpool Reserves have still not won a game this season.

Emiliano Insúa has told Sky Sports News that he has neither asked to leave Liverpool nor requested that he be allowed to speak to Stoke. The 20-year-old left-back added that he was under contract at Anfield and would therefore continue to work hard for the club and his team-mates.
Insúa signed for league runners up Liverpool in 2007.

22/08/09
Today’s match will be a clash between the #1 and # 2 team in the Premier League. Blackburn won the first game of the season over Birmingham and then tied Chelsea in an exciting 3-3 draw earlier this week.

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Liverpool 2 - 0 Blackburn Rovers (Premier Division)
An efficient performance by Liverpool's players saw them confidently overcome a lacklustre Blackburn Rovers 2 - 0 at Anfield. Liverpool finally took the lead when Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard scored a well executed finish on 42 minutes. An error from Mohammed Shawky allowed Gerrard to score a placed shot.
Gerrard's presence on the pitch was an inspiration to his team and the attacking midfielder finished the game with two goals to cap a scintillating performance from the Liverpool skipper. Gerrard, who was born in Liverpool, has 4 years left on his contract and has recently confirmed his happiness at playing for his local club.
Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin feels the fans are pleased with Liverpool's 2 - 0 English Premier Division victory over Blackburn.
Liverpool have notched up three straight wins and the title contenders occupy 1st place in the English Premier Division.
Attendance: 45362
Man of the match: Steven Gerrard
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23/08/09
In the Coca-Cola Championship League newly relegated Newcastle have opened the season in horrendous fashion. The result after 4 games is 4 losses and they are all the way at the bottom of the league.

Northwood_DK

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24/08/09
To finish off an almost perfect week for Liverpool FC Fábio Aurélio was selected in the English Premier Division Team of the Week first eleven.

25/08/09
The time is running out for Liverpool if they wants to improve there roster. The transfer deadline for English clubs is in one week and no new players have yet set foot on Anfield Road.

26/08/09
Second round of the English League Cup is played today. A series of upsets marked the Second Round as a number of big clubs were knocked out by their opponents from lower divisions. The biggest shock came as Coca-Cola League 1 team Oldham Athletic eliminated Premier Division team Portsmouth at Boundary Park. Millwall are also through to the Third Round as they stunned newly-promoted Birmingham City at The Den.
Elsewhere, there were wins for Morecambe, Bolton Wanderers, Crewe Alexandra and Southend United. At Ewood Park where a crowd of 17811 witnessed a shock result during Blackburn's 0 - 1 defeat against Leicester.
Andrew Wright scored a well timed close range finish during West Ham's 0 - 2 defeat against Scunthorpe and 7066 watched Cheltenham's 1 - 3 defeat against Wigan where Erik Edman scored the pick of the goals with a placed close range header.

In the final game of the Champions league qualifying a lot of pressure was on Arsenal as they had to win on the road to make it to the promised land. At Vicente Calderón a crowd of 54851 witnessed At. Madrid's play to a 1 – 1 draw and advance on a 2-1 aggregate.
Elsewhere, Giorgos Samaras scored a subtle chip over the keeper during Olympique Lyonnais' convincing 5 - 2 aggregate win over Celtic and 51709 watched Stuttgart's away goal loss against Anderlecht where Tom De Sutter scored the pick of the goals with a well timed close range finish.
Both the Scandinavian teams made it to the Champions league group stage.

27/08/09
Together with the 31 other teams qualified for the European Champions League Group Stage Liverpool was awarded £3,826,000. Liverpool was seeded in the first group together with teams like Barcelona, Man United and AC Milan.

Liverpool ended up in a group they should be able to win. They will play Porto from Portugal who won the Champions League in 1987 and 2004, Bordeaux from France and Stabæk from Norway. The toughest group is a close race between group A with Barcelona, Inter and Anderlecht and group G where Bayer Munich, Juventus and At Madrid, where three good teams will have to fight for just two spots in the final-16.

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28/08/09
The 3rd round of the English League Cup was drawn today. Half of the 32 teams are not from the top division but Liverpool still managed to draw another Premier League team. Liverpool will play Hull who moved up to the top division this year.

The betting line for tomorrow’s game against Birmingham has also been set.
Birmingham: 3-1 Draw: 2-1 Liverpool: 4-5(Fav)

New manager Tom Northwood finally managed to complete his first new signing since joining the club over 6 weeks ago. Liverpool has agreed to pay Croatian club NK Dinamo £2.1mil for 20-year old AMC Milan Badelj. He got his international debut just a few weeks ago and will hopefully join the club in a few days when his request for a work permit has been approved.

29/08/09
The biggest concern for Liverpool before this week’s game was to not underestimate the winless Birmingham City team.

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Birmingham City 0 - 3 Liverpool (Premier Division)
Liverpool enjoyed near total domination over a distinctly average Birmingham City side at St. Andrews this afternoon. A brace from Fernando Torres helped Liverpool to victory.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard gave Liverpool the lead with a powerful close range effort in the 20th minute. Striker Fernando Torres doubled Liverpool's lead with a powerful effort from the edge of the area on 34 minutes. Torres completed the rout with a curling shot from the edge of the area on 80 minutes.
Fernando Torres was named man of the match after the game. Torres had the quality to put the Birmingham City defence to the sword and finished the match with two goals. Torres, 25, arrived at Anfield from At. Madrid for a fee of £22M in 2007.
Attendance: 26795
Man of the Match: Fernando Torres (8.5)

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As an extra bonus after today’s win both of the Manchester teams (United and City) lost points today. At Old Trafford where a crowd of 76212 witnessed Man Utd's 2 - 2 draw with Stoke. The highlight of that match was Antonio Di Natale scoring his first ever goal for Man Utd. Elsewhere, Radoslav Kovac scored a close range header during West Ham's 1 - 0 victory over Man City.
The two teams are now 5 and 8 points back of Liverpool already

30/08/09
Milan Badelj's move to Liverpool has been put on hold after his initial application for a work permit was turned down. Liverpool have appealed against the decision.

Twenty-nine LFC players have been called up for international duty. 6 young Under 21 players have been called up together with the following players for the main national teams.

Argentina: Javier Mascherano and Emiliano Insúa
Iceland: Victor Pálsson
Brazil: Lucas
Switzerland: Philipp Degen
Greece: Sotiris Kyrgiakos
Slovakia: Martin Skrtel
Hungary: Krisztián Németh and András Simon
Israel: Yossi Benayoun
Turkey: Hakan Duyan
Ukraine: Andriy Voronin
Bulgaria: Nikolay Mihaylov
Denmark: Nikola Saric
Morocco: Nabil El Zhar
Spain: Fernando Torres, José Manuel Reina and Albert Riera
Sweden: Alexander Kacaniklic
England: Steven Gerrard and Glen Johnson
Finland: Lauri Dalla Valle
Holland: Dirk Kuyt

GoldenEagle

11-05-2009, 01:17 PM

I am following along. I don't know how much you follow Liverpool in real life, but they are a wreck right now. It looks like they will not advance out of the CL group stages. Gerrard and Johnson are among the many players out with injuries. The back four has looked different almost every week.

You will do fine with Liverpool as long as you don't face too many injuries. There is very little depth on the team. Voronin and Kyrgiacos are crap. If Torres and Gerrard get hurt, you are going to be in trouble. I would get a backup striker ASAP, and I would have held on to Babel as well.

This also Hull City's second season in the Premiership. The promoted clubs this season were Birmingham, Burnley, and Wolverhampton.

How much did Man U pay to get Rossi?

Northwood_DK

11-05-2009, 02:43 PM

Thanks for reading GE.

I watched Liverpool’s CL game last night where they were a bit unlucky to only get he draw. When that is said they are a team completely without confidence. The sale of Alonso hurts them a lot.

I completely agree with your breakdown. The first 11 is good but any injury will kill the team. I tried to sell Voronin but nobody wanted him and Kyrgiacos is only playing until Daniel Agger comes back.

I sold Babel to get some transfer money but as it turned out it didn’t help me much. David N`Gog have done pretty well when getting the chance so he will have to do as backup this year.

Man U paid £14mil for Rossi and another £14.5mil for Antonio Di Natale from Udinese.

Northwood_DK

11-05-2009, 02:46 PM

GoldenEagle

11-05-2009, 07:31 PM

bbgunn

11-05-2009, 09:40 PM

Good dynasty here. The "MR" buttons help us find the match reports easily.

Izulde

11-06-2009, 01:30 AM

I long to see the day Real Betis ascends past F.C. Sevilla.

BTW, what's the deal with Chelsea and the global transfer ban?

Northwood_DK

11-06-2009, 05:14 AM

Another thing that I noticed is that your fixtures are off. I wonder why that is. Liverpool opened the season with a trip to Tottenham, while your first game was hosting Portsmouth. I would think FM would have the real schedules for the first year. Chelsea and Bordeaux back to back will be tough, but you should be able to rest some starters against Sunderland and Hull. Stabaek has a Norweigan/American player by the name of Mikkel Diskerud. I wonder if you will see him in the Champions League.

I noticed that as well. I’m not sure why the schedule is different in the game from RL. I just started the game out of the box.
I will properly start to rest players when the no-loosing streak ends. I will also have to play backups in all the minor tournaments to keep the team healthy.

As for Stabæk I now a bit about them as I live in Norway. They won the Norwegian Championship (Tippeligaen) last season. They have a Swedish coach and are one of the few teams in Norway that plays attractive attacking football. They play all home game in an indoor arena with artificial grass.
I had no idée that Mikkel Diskerud was half American. He is a fringe player for Stabæk and only started 5 games this season. Mikkel Diskerud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikkel_Diskerud)
Daniel Nanskog is the best player on the roster today after they sold Alanzinho to Trabzonspor for close to £4mil.
Unfortunately the database is started the game with is not big enough for them to be in the game.

Northwood_DK

11-06-2009, 05:14 AM

Good dynasty here. The "MR" buttons help us find the match reports easily.

I have always liked for cheap graphic. :)

Northwood_DK

11-06-2009, 05:15 AM

BTW, what's the deal with Chelsea and the global transfer ban?

On 3 September 2009 Chelsea F.C. were banned from registering any new players in the January and Summer 2010 transfer windows, after FIFA's dispute resolution chamber (DRC) ruled that French winger Gael Kakuta had breached his contract with French club RC Lens when he joined Chelsea in 2007, and that Chelsea had induced him to do so.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/04092009/58/premier-league-chelsea-hit-transfer-ban.html

GoldenEagle

11-06-2009, 09:57 AM

Northwood_DK

11-06-2009, 11:54 AM

But this morning, the CAS (Court of Arbitrary Sport) overruled the decision made by FIFA and is allowing for Chelsea to postpone the transfer ban. They will be able to add players in the January window. I am sure they will stock up on some talent as long as the money is available.

That was pretty much expected.

According to the SIGames Podcast they even have a patch ready that will reverse the ban in the game.

Northwood_DK

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07/09/09
Dave Galley has reported that there are still a few injury problems persisting within the Liverpool squad. Daniel Agger (damaged spine) is still a couple of weeks away from returning to full training and the English Premier Division match against Wigan on Saturday 26th September could be considered a realistic target for a possible return.
Alberto Aquilani (sprained ankle) and Sean Highdale (broken ankle) are on the long-term injury list and it will still be a while before we can think about setting a realistic return date for them.

08/09/09
Brazil yesterday became the 8th team ready for the Wold Cup in South Africa. A 3-0 win over Chile secured them a place in the top-4 in the South American qualifier.

Liverpool's Javier Mascherano has told TEAMtalk.com of his disappointment that he will miss the European Champions Cup Group D against FC Girondins de Bordeaux on September 15th through injury. Instead of taking to the field against Les Girondins, Mascherano will be forced to watch his team-mates from the stands.

09/09/09
Three new teams qualified for the Wold Cup today. Denmark, England and Spain all secured first places in there qualifying groups and thereby direct qualified. Several Liverpool players were involved in international games today and a lot of them had impressive performances.
Striker Dirk Kuyt looked in good shape as he played the whole match for Holland, getting on the scoresheet in the process. Striker Fernando Torres looked in good shape and got on the scoresheet Spain 2-0 win over Estonia. Albert Riera also played in this match. Israel captain Yossi Benayoun looked in fine form for Israel as he sliced open the opposition's defence with two assists in the win over Luxembourg.
Steven Gerrard played the whole match for England and showed good composure in front of goal by scoring twice. Glen Johnson also played in this match.

10/09/09
Barcelona and R. Madrid have been made 5-1 joint favourites to win the European Champions League title this season. The rest of the main contenders are priced at: 7-1 - Man Utd, 9-1 - Chelsea, 10-1 - Inter and 10-1 - Liverpool.
The Liverpool odds of 10-1 aren't the best available, but the bookmakers clearly feel that with a bit of luck and maybe one or two quality signings they could be a major force in this competition.

11/09/09
Everyone is now focusing on the upcoming clash between Liverpool and Chelsea in the Premier league this weekend. League runners up Liverpool's home advantage gives them the edge (Liverpool: 5-4(Fav) Draw: 11-5 Chelsea: 7-4) in what should be a close encounter against Chelsea, according to Sky Bet. Liverpool has notched up four straight wins and the title contenders occupy 1st place in the English Premier Division.
Chelsea are currently on a four match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 3rd place in the English Premier Division.
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has added fuel to the fire in the build-up to their match on Saturday by telling Liverpool manager Tom Northwood that his Chelsea team are very confident of beating Liverpool. Tom Northwood was not available for a comment.

12/09/09
Northwood at war with Ancelotti?

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Liverpool 2 - 2 Chelsea (Premier Division)
After a 2 - 2 draw at Anfield against Liverpool, a key member of the Chelsea side claimed that his team were fortunate to escape from this English Premier Division fixture with a draw. Nomadic striker Nicolas Anelka got Chelsea off to a flyer by scoring a well timed close range finish on 9 minutes. Midfielder Lucas then equalised for Liverpool in the 19th minute with a placed shot which hit the inside of the post before crossing the line.
England and Chelsea captain John Terry then put the away side in front after 67 minutes with a good header from just inside the six-yard box. At that stage things looked even gloomier for Liverpool as full-back Glen Johnson earned himself an early bath for persistent fouling on 70 minutes. Striker David N'Gog equalised for Liverpool after 78 minutes with a well executed finish.
Attendance: 45362
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Thomas Northwood appeared in an equivocal mood as he met journalists in the wake of Liverpool's English Premier Division 2 - 2 draw with Chelsea. A journalist from The Observer chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "How would you describe your relationship with Carlo Ancelotti currently?"
Northwood's response was, "I don't have the time to deal with Carlo."
It is thought that there will be a mixed response from the Liverpool squad.

13/09/09
Liverpool's full-back Glen Johnson has been given an automatic one match ban after being sent off in the Premier Division match against Chelsea. The ban will apply for all English domestic competitions and will start on Saturday 12th September 2009.

Northwood_DK

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14/09/09
Liverpool used the Monday travelling to France to prepare for the first game of this year Champions League group play. French Ligue 1 team FC Girondins de Bordeaux are slight underdogs (Bordeaux: 13-8 Draw: 2-1 Liverpool: 6-4) in what should prove a tightly contested affair against English league runners-up Liverpool, according to Sky Bet.

15/09/09

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FC Girondins de Bordeaux 1 - 1 Liverpool (Champions Cup Grp D)
Liverpool fans came away from Stade Chaban-Delmas (Parc Lescure) largely in good spirits after their match against FC Girondins de Bordeaux. Player Rémi Le Berre was left red-faced in the 34th minute as he managed to put the ball into his own net. Player Colin Lorentz equalised for Girondins Bordeaux after 55 minutes with a good header from just inside the six-yard box.
Attendance: 32828
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Spain boss Vicente Del Bosque was seen at Stade Chaban-Delmas during Liverpool's European Champions Cup Group D 1 - 1 draw with Girondins Bordeaux. It is believed Del Bosque was casting an eye over the progress of José Manuel Reina and Fernando Torres for his next Spain squad.

Perhaps he should have gone to Camp Nou instead where a crowd of 75229 witnessed Barcelona's convincing 4 - 0 victory over Unirea Urziceni. The highlight being a landmark goal for Barcelona's Rafael Márquez.
Elsewhere, four goals from Wayne Rooney inspired a win for the home side during Man Utd's convincing 4 - 0 victory over Slavia Prague and 33334 watched Olympiakos' 0 - 1 defeat against R. Madrid.

16/09/09
Liverpool Reserves emerged victorious against Blackburn Rovers Reserves at Prenton Park this evening. Stephen Sama was the team's top performer. The central defender scored a goal to round off an impressive display.
Liverpool Reserves are currently lying in 8th place in the English Reserves Group 2.

Wednesday's Champions Cup Round-Up
With sixteen teams in action and 22 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Olimpico where a crowd of 25370 witnessed Juventus' convincing 3 - 0 victory over At. Madrid. The highlight of that match was Diego scoring his first ever goal for Juventus.
Elsewhere, Adrien scored a curling shot from the edge of the area during Chelsea's 2 - 1 victory over Sporting CP and 58761 watched OM's 1 - 1 draw with FC København where Gabriel Heinze scored the pick of the goals with a firm diving header from inside the six-yard box.

17/09/09
Red hot Rooney blitzes record for goals in a game with 4 goals scored for Man Utd at home to Slavia Prague is a new European Champions Cup. The previous record was held by Maxim Skavysh, who scored 3 for BATE Borisov against Pyunik Yerevan in the European Champions Cup Champions Second Qualifying Phase.

18/09/09
Sunderland face difficult Liverpool challenge. The odds are firmly stacked against Sunderland (Sunderland: 9-2 Draw: 13-5 Liverpool: 1-2) in what should prove a difficult home encounter against league runners up Liverpool, according to Sky Bet.
Liverpool are currently on a five match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 1st place in the English Premier Division. They will be without Glen Johnson who is suspended after the red card in the last match against Chelsea.
Sunderland currently occupy 19th place in the Premier Division, although only one point separates them from Birmingham who lie just outside the drop zone.

19/09/09
Liverpool beat Sunderland in thrilling encounter

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Sunderland 3 - 4 Liverpool (Premier Division)
Both teams served up a game to remember as Liverpool came out on top in this 4 - 3 goal-fest. One pundit commented that this match should be taped and shown to any doubters of the beautiful game. A brace from Dirk Kuyt helped Liverpool to victory.
Striker Dirk Kuyt gave Liverpool the lead with a freak goal in the 20th minute. Midfielder Lucas doubled Liverpool's lead with a placed shot on 44 minutes. An error from José Manuel Reina allowed striker Kenwyne Jones to score a well timed close range finish. An error from George McCartney allowed Kuyt to score a powerful effort. An error from Lorik Cana allowed Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard to score a well timed close range finish.
Jones managed to pull one back for Sunderland after 62 minutes with a fine header from point-blank range. Jones managed to pull one back for Sunderland after 87 minutes with a placed shot but it was to be nothing more than a consolation.
Attendance: 47327
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20/09/09
Liverpool maintain unbeaten record. Liverpool have extended their unbeaten record in the Premier Division to six games following their 4 - 3 result against Sunderland. The pundits' title tip must be in with an excellent chance of winning the title this season. If they can maintain their current form, it will be hard for any side to stop them.
Only other unbeaten team at this point is Chelsea who got three wins and three draws after six matches.

It looks like Liverpool have finally made there first player acquisition after new GM Tom Northwood took over the club. It might not be a major signing but its better then nothing. The player in question is 21-year old Norwegian midfielder Ruben Yttergård Jenssen* from Tromsø. LFC will pay Tromsø £1,500,000 when the transfer go through on Friday 1st January 2010.

* Ruben Yttergård Jenssen was yesterday named Best Norwegian Talent of 2009 in Norwegian footballs yearly award show.

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21/09/09
Easy win predicted for Liverpool in the English League Cup Third Round.
Injury-ravaged Hull are going to have to set up the barricades if they want to come away with a result from this very tough home game against league runners up Liverpool, according to Sky Bet Hull: 7-1 Draw: N/A Liverpool: 1-3. Hull beat Macclesfield Town to get this far.
The chance for Hull might be that Liverpool will rest some regular starters in this game.

One of the players who will likely play is Daniel Agger who returned to full training following his damaged spine today. The central defender had been out for 3 months after sustaining the injury.
Agger, who has 5 years left on his current contract, has been at Anfield since January 2006.

22/09/09
Reds backups struggle to overcome Hull in League Cup 3rd round.

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Hull City 1 - 2 Liverpool (League Cup 3rd Rnd)
A team of mostly Liverpool backups did just enough to see off Hull City's challenge in the Third Round match at The Circle.
Centre-back Daniel Agger gave Liverpool the lead with a header in the 36th minute in what was his first game of the season. He was replaced at halftime. Striker David N'Gog doubled Liverpool's lead with a close range header on 63 minutes. Slovakia captain Martin Skrtel's red card for persistent fouling on 68 minutes put Liverpool's position under question. But midfielder Geovanni's 75th minute strike proved the only consolation for The Tigers.
Attendance: 21343
Liverpool Man of the Match: Daniel Agger (7.6)
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The main shock of the English League Cup Third Round was a win for Premier Division side Tottenham Hotspur against league champions Manchester United. Stoke City are also in the hat for the next round as they beat newly-promoted Burnley at Turf Moor.
Elsewhere, there were wins for Sunderland, Manchester City and Arsenal.

23/09/09
Liverpool's strong centre-back Martin Skrtel will be on the receiving end of an automatic one match ban after being sent off in the League Cup match against Hull.

24/09/09
A Matty Taylor penalty in 43rd minute secured Bolton a 1-0 win over mighty Chelsea in the Liverpool English League Cup Third Round. It has to be mentioned that Chelsea played a team of mostly backups and rested some of the star players.

25/09/09
Liverpool will play Aston Villa in the English League Cup Fourth Round. The game will be played at Anfield on Tuesday 27th October 2009.
Liverpool are acknowledged as the most successful side ever to have played in the League Cup, having won the competition seven times.

26/09/09
Confident performance from The Reds after shaky start

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Wigan Athletic 2 - 4 Liverpool (Premier Division)
An efficient performance by Liverpool's players saw them confidently overcome a lacklustre Wigan Athletic 4 - 2 at DW Stadium. A brace from Steven Gerrard helped Liverpool to victory. Things did not get off to a good start for Liverpool as Wigan's Xabi Prieto scored from the spot after Damien Plessis had given away a penalty after just 2 minutes of play. 21-year old Damien Plessis played his just 3 game for the Liverpool first team and was later substituted at halftime. It will properly take some time before he is back in the starting line-up.
Midfielder Lucas then equalised for Liverpool in the 16th minute with a header.
Centre-back Emmerson Boyce put the home side in front in the 38th minute with a powerful close range effort. Striker Dirk Kuyt then equalised for Liverpool in the 44th minute with a placed shot from close range. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard then put the away side in front after 45 minutes with a close range header. Gerrard completed the scoring for Liverpool with a placed shot on 61 minutes. Liverpool have extended their unbeaten record in the Premier Division to seven games and the pundits' title tip must be in with an excellent chance of winning the title this season. If they can maintain their current form, it will be hard for any side to stop them. They currently have a 4 points lead.
Attendance: 23362
Liverpool Man of the Match: Steven Gerrard (8.7)
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It has been another great day of action in the English Premier Division. With fourteen teams in action and 22 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Villa Park where a crowd of 42640 witnessed Aston Villa's 2 - 2 draw with Man Utd. The highlight being a landmark goal for Man Utd's Wayne Rooney. Elsewhere, Carlos Tevez scored a close range header during Man City's 1 - 3 defeat against Chelsea.

27/09/09
Former Liverpool favourite Ian Rush has heaped praise on Steven Gerrard after his inspired performance in Liverpool's 4 - 2 English Premier Division victory over Wigan. The twenty-nine year-old attacking midfielder caught the eye of Rush and he commented that Liverpool have a real gem of a player.
The English international has been in lethal form for Liverpool this season, leading the club's scoring charts with eight goals in eight appearances.

Arsenal once again finished the game with a draw, this time against Burnley. They have still only won a single game this season and is already 12 points behind league leader Liverpool. Man City also lost again and find themselves in just 7th place 8 points back.

Northwood_DK

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28/09/09
3 Liverpool players was named in Team of the Week. Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard and Lucas were all selected in the English Premier Division Team of the Week first eleven. The only midfielder on the TofW not from Liverpool was 21-year old Andrew Driver from Stoke who had all 3 assists in the teams 3-2 win over West Ham.

In the Monday night game Everton who have had a god start to the season only gets a 2-2 draw against 19 ranked Sunderland and find themselves 5 points back from Liverpool.

29/09/09
Liverpool and Porto clash in European match
English league runners-up Liverpool's home advantage gives them the edge Liverpool: (Evens Draw: 11-5 Porto: 11-5) in what should be a close encounter against Portuguese Liga Sagres side Porto, according to Sky Bet. Porto boss Jesualdo Ferreira today spoke of his appreciation of Liverpool player Steven Gerrard's ability ahead of their forthcoming fixture. Jesualdo Ferreira went on to state that his team would have to somehow find a way of containing the player if they are going to have any chance of coming away from the match with a decent result.

30/09/09
Quality of possession provides victory

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Liverpool 3 - 0 Futebol Clube do Porto - SAD (Champions Cup Grp D)
An efficient performance from Liverpool saw them run out 3 - 0 winners over Futebol Clube do Porto - SAD at Anfield in front of 42502 people in the stands. A brace from Steven Gerrard helped Liverpool to victory. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard gave Liverpool the lead with a fine header from point-blank range in the 17th minute. An error from Hulk allowed commanding centre-back Jamie Carragher to score a well timed close range finish. There were no prizes for guessing who completed the rout on 61 minutes as that man Gerrard popped up again with a good header from just inside the six-yard box.
Beside the win LFC is also awarded £522,000 for their win.
Attendance: 42502
Liverpool Man of the Match: Steven Gerrard (8.7)
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At Artemio Franchi a crowd of 46028 witnessed Fiorentina's 1 - 1 draw with Man Utd. The highlight being a landmark goal for Fiorentina's Martin Jørgensen. Elsewhere, Lúcio scored a well executed finish during Inter's 1 - 0 victory over Barcelona.

01/10/09
The LFC board are satisfied with new manager Tom Northwood’s management of the team.
This has been underlined by the fans' happiness at Liverpool's convincing 3 - 0 European Champions Cup Group D victory over Porto.
The club recorded a loss of £7.35M last month.

Monthly Turnover: £7.38M
Previous Month: £25.36M
Main Income: Gate Receipts £2.44M

Monthly Expenditure: £14.73M
Previous Month: £17.05M
Main Expenditure: Player Wages £3.97M

Important dates in October
3.10.2009 - Liverpool v Man City (Premier Division)
10.10.2009 - Ukraine v England (World Cup Quals (EUR))
14.10.2009 - England v Belarus (World Cup Quals (EUR))
17.10.2009 - Stoke v Liverpool (Premier Division)
21.10.2009 - Stabæk v Liverpool (Champions Cup)
24.10.2009 - Tottenham v Liverpool (Premier Division)
27.10.2009 - Liverpool v Aston Villa (League Cup)
31.10.2009 - Liverpool v Wolves (Premier Division)

02/10/09
Liverpool’s assistant manager Sammy Lee has decided to give some feedback on how training has been going over the past month.
He decided to call out José Manuel Reina who failed to impress in training during the past month.
GM Tom Northwood will have to decide if this have any influence on his playing time.

Liverpool favourites for Man City clash
League runners up Liverpool have been touted as comfortable favourites (Liverpool: 1-2 Draw: 13-5 Man City: 9-2) but will have to be wary about complacency when taking on Man City, according to Sky Bet.
Liverpool are currently on a seven match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 1st place in the English Premier Division. Man City are currently lying in 7th place in the English Premier Division.

03/10/09
Confident performance from The Reds

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Liverpool 3 - 1 Manchester City (Premier Division)
An efficient performance by Liverpool's players saw them confidently overcome a lacklustre Manchester City 3 - 1 at Anfield. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard got Liverpool off to a flyer by scoring a powerful effort on 2 minutes. Things went from bad to worse for Man City as striker Carlos Tevez earned himself an early bath when he went inn two-footed for a vicious foul on 9 minutes.
Still striker Emmanuel Adebayor equalised for Man City in the 13th minute with a towering header from close range. Striker Fernando Torres put the home side in front in the 50th minute with a powerful close range effort.
Centre-back Daniel Agger completed the scoring for Liverpool with a well timed close range finish on 90 minutes.
Attendance: 45362
Liverpool Man of the Match: Daniel Agger (7.9)
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The win also keeps Liverpool’s unbeaten in the Premier League streak alive. They now got 8 games without a loss. The game was also the first for 17-year old AMC Adam Pepper. The young player have been a standout at the youth team all this year and got to player over an hour in today’s game.

04/10/09
As an extra bonus Adam Pepper was the day after his Premier League debut called up to the England Under 19s squad to face Kazakhstan Under 19s, Northern Ireland Under 19s and Slovakia Under 19s.

Arsenal finally got there second win of the season with a 3-2 home win over Aston Villa.

Northwood_DK

11-11-2009, 01:25 AM

Northwood_DK

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12/10/09
Liverpool assistant manager Sammy Lee has reported back on the only Liverpool player to be involved in today's international fixtures. Eighteen-year-old left winger Gerardo Bruna came on as a substitute for Argentina Under 20s and did well (6.8 rating). The match between 1 Argentina Under 20s and Uruguay Under 20s finished 1-1.
Gerardo Bruna is currently on loan from Liverpool to Coca-Cola League 1 team Walsall where he plays regularly as a right midfielder.

13/10/09
A lot of the young Liverpool players were involved in Under 21 games today and in South America the final round of the World Cup Quals was played.

Uruguay 0 - 1 Argentina (World Cup Quals (SAM))
Twenty-year-old full-back Emiliano Insúa did well for Argentina, playing the whole match and creating a goal.

Brazil 2 - 0 Venezuela (World Cup Quals (SAM))
Twenty-two year-old midfielder Lucas' fledgling international career continued in this match with a solid performance for Brazil.

The South American Wold Cup Qualifying section is now completed. Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay have all qualified directly. Colombia beat Paraguay in the last round to take 5th place in the group and thereby earn the right to a playoff match for the last spot.

14/10/09
Today the Group play of the European World Cup qualifying finished. The winners of the 9 groups direct qualified. The 8 best second place teams will play a playoff match for the last 4 spots in the World Cup. Northern Ireland was the worst of the second place teams and is out. The playoffs matches will have the following teams facing off.

Greece – Scotland
Bosnia & Herz – Bulgaria
France – Russia
Portugal – Croatia

15/10/09
Bordeaux once again stated there interest in buying Liverpool's Emiliano Insúa and would like to know how much Liverpool wants for the player.
The Liverpool front office said the player in question is not for sale.

16/10/09
J Youth Coach Rodolfo Borrell was present as Liverpool Under 18s suffered a 1-2 defeat against Manchester City Under 18s at Regional Athletics Stadium this afternoon. Borrell commented on Michael Ngoo's performance during the match. The striker managed to get himself on the score-sheet.
Liverpool Under 18s are currently lying in 1st place in the English Under 18s Group 6.

Tom Northwood was not giving much away as he met journalists ahead of Liverpool's match against Stoke City in the English Premier Division. A journalist from The People chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "Who do you intend on using to counter the threat posed by Fuller?"
Northwood's response was, "Daniel Agger."
There is speculation that Northwood's words will elicit a positive response from Daniel Agger. Its speculated that LFC will rest some of the player who has been away on international duties in this game.

17/10/09
Potters battle for victory

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Stoke City 2 - 1 Liverpool (Premier Division)
A gritty performance by Stoke City saw them come away from Britannia Stadium with a 2 - 1 win. Liverpool finally took the lead when cultured midfielder Alberto Aquilani scored a placed shot from close range on 48 minutes. Striker Mamady Sidibé then equalised for Stoke in the 77th minute with a placed shot. Then followed controversy as Liverpool was denied claims by full-back Glen Johnson for a penalty. Strong centre-back Ryan Shawcross then clinched a late winner for the home side on 90 minutes with a placed shot.
Attendance: 27500
Liverpool Man of the Match: Alberto Aquilani (7.4)
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Bordeaux boss Laurent Blanc was seen at Britannia Stadium during Stoke's 2 - 1 English Premier Division victory over Liverpool. Speculation in the media suggests that Blanc may well have been taking a closer look at Emiliano Insúa and David N'Gog, who he is rumoured to be interested in signing.

18/10/09
Liverpool have record their first defeat in the Premier Division for nine games. The Reds may be top of the league but were brought back down to earth with a defeat.
Liverpool’s fans were devastated by the Stoke result. Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin believes the fans are very disappointed with Liverpool's 1 - 2 English Premier Division defeat against Stoke.
Richard believes the fans are despondent that they ended up coming away from the game with nothing even though a draw was within their grasp. Glen Johnson, Albert Riera and David N'Gog in particular were singled out as having underperformed.

Liverpool manager Thomas Northwood has been warned by the Football Association for his comments following Liverpool's 1 - 2 English Premier Division defeat against Stoke. Northwood had reacted badly to his side being denied what he believed to be a clear penalty, although replays have since shown that the officials made the right decision.

The loss just highlights the problem Liverpool faces this year. Without Gerrard and Torres in the starting line-up the team struggle to create chances and score goals. Without them in the starting line-up the team will not win many games.

GoldenEagle

11-12-2009, 11:24 AM

Northwood_DK

11-12-2009, 03:23 PM

Shawcross is a useful player. He will not be at Stoke for long. In fact, he was linked to Liverpool during the last transfer window.

In my opinion, Reina is the best keeper in the EPL. He can afford to goof off during a training session or two.

Can not say I know Shawcross from RL but he looks like a nice prospects in the game. Apparently he came up thru the Man United youth system.

Both Reina and Cavalieri have done very well with Cavalieri having the small edge (7.08>6.66). None of them have made any mistakes so at this point the Reinas poor showing in practise cost him his starting spot.

Would like an option to tell a player why his is not playing a specific game (rest, match up, poor performance).

Northwood_DK

11-13-2009, 02:17 AM

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19/10/09
Stabæk face difficult European challenge. The odds are firmly stacked against Norwegian Premier Division side Stabæk (Stabæk: 7-2 Draw: 9-4 Liverpool: 4-6) in what should prove a difficult home encounter against English league runners-up Liverpool, according to Sky Bet.

Tom Northwood was not giving much away as he met journalists ahead of Liverpool's match against Stabæk Football in the European Champions Cup Group D. A journalist from The Observer chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "Your confidence is admirable, especially when so many managers play down their chances. How do you think your attitude will affect your players?"
Northwood's response was, "The team are prepared and ready to go out and win with confidence."

20/10/09
Coach John McMahon was present as Liverpool Reserves managed to draw against Manchester City Reserves at Anfield this evening. McMahon picked out Vítor Flora's performance to comment on. The striker managed to get himself on the score-sheet. The game finished 2-2.

21/10/09
Reds meet expectations in dominant win

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Stabæk Fotball 0 - 4 Liverpool (Champions Cup Grp D)
Liverpool fans celebrated an emphatic 4 - 0 win at Telenor Arena this evening.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard got Liverpool off to a flyer by scoring a powerful effort from the edge of the area on 2 minutes. Striker Fernando Torres doubled Liverpool's lead with a curling shot from the edge of the area on 17 minutes.
Lucas scored with a well timed close range finish in the 31st minute to extend the lead further. Israel captain Yossi Benayoun completed the rout with a screamer from the edge of the area on 44 minutes.
Attendance: 15000
Liverpool Man of the Match: Lucas (8.1)
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Argentina boss Diego Maradona was seen at Telenor Arena during Liverpool's convincing 4 - 0 European Champions Cup Group D victory over Stabæk. It is believed Maradona was casting an eye over the progress of Emiliano Insúa and Javier Mascherano for his next Argentina squad.
He also got to see Lucas pick up the man of the match award. Lucas put in an impressive performance for Liverpool and his goal will have been the icing on the cake for the central midfielder. Lucas has been ever-present for Liverpool this season.

22/10/09
Wednesday's Champions Cup Round-starts at Luzhniki where a crowd of 42643 witnessed a shock result during CSKA Moscow's 2 - 1 victory over Man Utd.
Elsewhere, a hat-trick from Samuel Eto'o inspired a win for the home side during Inter's 3 - 1 victory over Unirea Urziceni and Andrés Iniesta scored the pick of the goals in Anderlecht's heavy 0 - 3 defeat against Barcelona with a placed shot from close range.

23/10/09
Liverpool today signed the second new players since manager Tom Northwood joined the club back on 7th July. The newest addition to the Liverpool’s squad is 21-year old Mauro Formica from Argentinean club Newell. The attacking midfielder will join Liverpool when the transfer window opens again in January for a fee of £2.7mil. The work permit is still under review.

Tottenham Hotspur are slight underdogs (Tottenham: 13-8 Draw: 2-1 Liverpool: 6-4) in what should prove a tightly contested affair against league runners up Liverpool, according to Sky Bet. Premier Division title contenders Liverpool are currently lying in 1st place in the table while Tottenham find themselves lying in 5th place in the English Premier Division 6 points behind LFC.

If LFC needed motivation before the game against Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp provided all they needed. He told bbc.co.uk/sport that he doesn't think Thomas Northwood's side will be good enough to end the season as champions.
Redknapp did concede that, given a few quality signings, Liverpool might be a contender next season.

24/10/09
Confident performance from The Reds

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Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 4 Liverpool (Premier Division)
An efficient performance by Liverpool's players saw them confidently overcome a lacklustre Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 2 at White Hart Lane.
The highlight of the game was undoubtedly a superb hat-trick from Liverpool's Fernando Torres. Striker Fernando Torres got Liverpool off to a flyer by scoring a curling shot from the edge of the area on 3 minutes. Strong centre-back Sébastien Bassong then summed up his team's performance by nearly gifting Liverpool another goal on 8 minutes.
Torres had no trouble in scoring from the spot when King conceded a penalty. An error from Jamie Carragher allowed rangy striker Peter Crouch to score a well timed close range finish.
Ireland and Tottenham captain Robbie Keane then equalised for Tottenham in the 74th minute with a placed shot. Striker Dirk Kuyt then put the away side in front after 85 minutes with a good header from just inside the six-yard box.
The Liverpool fans might have been forgiven for thinking that their side would be happy with just the winner but the scoring wasn't over. Torres completed the scoring for Liverpool with a placed shot on 89 minutes.
Attendance: 34466
Liverpool Man of the Match: Fernando Torres (9.2)
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Tom Northwood appeared in an equivocal mood as he met journalists in the wake of Liverpool's 4 - 2 English Premier Division victory over Tottenham. A journalist from TEAMtalk.com chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "Fernando Torres picked up the man of match award for your side today. How did you rate his performance?"
Northwood's response was, "Fernando was absolutely outstanding today."
There is speculation that Fernando Torres will be buoyed by Northwood's positive words. Furthermore, it is likely to be a reaction that is shared by Torres' team-mates. Torres has been in superb form for Liverpool so far this season, contributing eight goals and seven assists in thirteen appearances.

25/10/09
Jamie Carragher has picked up an automatic one match ban after collecting 5 yellow cards while Emiliano Insúa, Dirk Kuyt and Fernando Torres were selected in the English Premier Division Team of the Week first eleven.
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The MLS regular season finished yesterday. In the East New England, DC United, New York and Chicago have made the playoffs while Chivas USA, Los Angeles, Dallas and Houston will represent the West.

law90026

11-13-2009, 02:35 AM

Clearly this game hates Arsenal! (though I will say that previous versions of the game seemed to have a similar situation whenever I played, i.e. Arsenal struggles a lot)

Northwood_DK

11-13-2009, 03:21 AM

Clearly this game hates Arsenal! (though I will say that previous versions of the game seemed to have a similar situation whenever I played, i.e. Arsenal struggles a lot)

This Arsenal team has been extremely unlucky with injuries. Several key players have been out for a long time.

Considering that Arsenal is the only club to have there own edition of FM10 available I doubt that the game really hates them. ;)

Northwood_DK

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26/10/09
League runners up Liverpool have been touted as comfortable favourites (Liverpool: 1-2 Draw: N/A Aston Villa: 9-2) but will have to be wary about complacency when taking on Aston Villa in the English League Cup Fourth Round, according to Sky Bet.
Aston Villa beat Southend United whilst Liverpool beat Hull City to get this far.

Newell's' Mauro Formica has been granted a conditional British work permit for his move to Liverpool. The £2,700,000 deal taking Newell's' Mauro Formica to Liverpool can now be completed. The transfer will go through on Friday 1st January 2010. Liverpool have confirmed the deal.

Reports are coming in that there has been a break through in the West Ham United takeover talks. According to Sky Sports News, discussions between West Ham chairman Andrew Bernhardt and director Dan Smith are going well and there could be an announcement in the next few days.

27/10/09
Aston Villa stun Reds

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Liverpool 0 - 1 Aston Villa (League Cup 4th Rnd)
Aston Villa upset the odds with a surprise victory over Liverpool.
Explosive striker Gabby Agbonlahor got Aston Villa off to a flyer by scoring a placed shot which hit the inside of the post before crossing the line on 10 minutes.
Liverpool could have had a harder time of it but their opponents seemed keen to waste possession by shooting from long range.
Attendance: 39075
Liverpool Man of the Match: Martin Skrtel (7.4)
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28/10/09
It might still be early days in Thomas Northwood's Liverpool career but things are looking rosy for the current manager. With Northwood having masterminded his Reds side to eleven victories over the past fifteen games, it won't take long before fans and pundits alike begin to jump on the Liverpool bandwagon. Still supporter spokesperson Richard Martin believes the fans are disappointed with Liverpool's 0 - 1 English League Cup Fourth Round defeat against Aston Villa.
Javier Mascherano, Alberto Aquilani and David N'Gog were the main targets for the fans' criticism and there were some who stated that players such as Lucas and Dirk Kuyt should have been preferred in the starting line-up.

29/10/09
Coach John McMahon was present as Liverpool Reserves emerged victorious against Everton Reserves at Halton Stadium this evening. McMahon picked out Vítor Flora's performance to comment on. The striker showed evidence that he has some ability when it comes to passing a football.

30/10/09
Girondins Bordeaux manager Laurent Blanc is believed to be interested in securing the services of Liverpool's David N'Gog. Blanc is clearly keen to add to his squad and sees the 20 year-old striker as an ideal signing. N'Gog has made nine appearances for Liverpool so far this season, scoring two goals.
The performance by David N'Gog have not been that impressive over the last 5 games (6.24) and this time manager Northwood did not come out and denied the story.

League runners up Liverpool are sure-fire favourites (Liverpool: 1-6 Draw: 5-1 Wolves: 10-1) to overwhelm newly-promoted Wolves in what should be a comfortable home encounter for the Reds, according to Sky Bet. Premier Division title contenders Liverpool are currently lying in 1st place in the table while the Wolves are currently 15th.

31/10/09
Liverpool fail to make chances pay

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Liverpool 0 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Premier Division)
Liverpool could count themselves highly unlucky to only draw in their English Premier Division match at Anfield. Liverpool had a number of attempts at goal but their profligacy meant they didn't score as many as they maybe would have liked. Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin believes the fans are disappointed with the 0 - 0 draw. Richard believes the fans were disappointed with the team's inability to convert chances into goals. Liverpool had 19 shots and 12 corners compared to the 3 and 2 for the Wanderers. Liverpool also had a ball bounce off the woodwork. This was the first time this season that the Reds fail to score a goal in a Premier League game and the team have not scoed a goal for 185 minutes.
Attendance: 45362
Liverpool Man of the Match: Yossi Benayoun (7.5)
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01/11/09
Important dates in November for LFC

3.11.2009 - Liverpool v Stabæk (Champions Cup)
7.11.2009 - Liverpool v Hull (Premier Division)
14.11.2009 - England v Brazil (Friendly)
21.11.2009 - Burnley v Liverpool (Premier Division)
25.11.2009 - Liverpool v Girondins Bordeaux (Champions Cup)
28.11.2009 - Liverpool v Aston Villa (Premier Division)

Liverpool assistant manager Sammy Lee has some feedback on how training has been going over the past month. The following players have trained well over the past month:
Stephen Darby (Aerobic)
Francisco Durán (Set Pieces)
Victor Pálsson (Tactics)
Expect Tom Northwood to give all of them some playing time in the first-11 in the coming weeks.

Chelsea's nomadic striker Nicolas Anelka has wowed the fans at Stamford Bridge this month with his impressive performances and has duly won the English Premier Division Player of the Month. West Ham's Alessandro Diamanti came in just behind Anelka in second place with Fernando Torres of Liverpool rounding off the top three. Torres was also second in goal of the month for the game against Tottenham, October 24th.
Chelsea's Carlo Ancelotti has won the English Premier Division Manager of the Month award. The award was made after the Blues boss led his team to three league victories in their last four games. Man Utd's Alex Ferguson came in just behind Ancelotti in second place with Thomas Northwood of Liverpool rounding off the top three.

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02/11/09
Board Confidence Update
The board at Liverpool FC are satisfied with new manager Tom Northwood’s management of the team. This has been underlined by the fans' happiness at Liverpool's convincing 3 - 0 European Champions Cup Group D victory over Porto. Despite the positives, Liverpool's 1 - 2 English Premier Division defeat against Stoke cannot be ignored and the fans have voiced their discontent at the result.

The club recorded a loss of £8.46M last month.
Monthly Turnover: £6.79M
Previous Month: £7.38M
Main Income: TV Revenue £2.44M
Monthly Expenditure: £15.26M
Previous Month: £14.73M
Main Expenditure: Player Wages £3.96M

Despite the ugly numbers the Liverpool board decided to makes extra transfer funds available. The board is pleased to announce that as a result of an improvement in the club's financial position, they have raised the current transfer budget by £2.3M to £6.5M.

03/11/09
Reds meet expectations in dominant win

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Liverpool 4 - 0 Stabæk Fotball (Champions Cup Grp D)
Liverpool fans celebrated an emphatic 4 - 0 win at Anfield this evening. A brace from Fernando Torres helped Liverpool to victory. Israel captain Yossi Benayoun gave Liverpool the lead with a real poacher's effort in the 18th minute. Striker Fernando Torres doubled Liverpool's lead with a powerful effort on 29 minutes. Torres was able to keep his composure to score from the spot after Tveit gave away a penalty. An error from Fredrik Høyem allowed striker David N'Gog to score a close range header.
Attendance: 45362
Liverpool Man of the Match: Fernando Torres (8.3)

04/11/09
Jamie Carragher has picked up an automatic one match ban after collecting 3 yellow cards. The ban will apply for all European club competitions.
Liverpool has qualified from Group D in the Champions Cup. The team was expected to qualify and now having sealed their place in the next stage, fans can begin dreaming of potential future successes. For manager Thomas Northwood, the hard work now begins with an expectant fan base watching on.
Other teams ready for the next stage is Inter, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Porto from Liverpool’s group. This will give Liverpool a much needed opportunity to rest some key players in the remaining games in the group stage of the Champions League.

05/11/09

06/11/09
League runners up Liverpool should record an easy home win against Hull, according to Sky Bet (Liverpool: 1-4 Draw: 4-1 Hull: 9-1). Premier Division title contenders Liverpool are currently lying in 1st place in the table. Hull has so far confounded their critics as the pre-season relegation candidates currently lie 15th in the Premier Division table.
The referee for the match will be Lee Probert from Gloucester who has shown 24 yellow cards and no red cards in his seven Premier Division games so far this season.

Going inn to the match much talk have been about GK Diego Cavalieri who has played 196 minutes of consecutive football since talking over from Reinar without allowing a goal.

07/11/09
Reds ease past Hull

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Liverpool 2 - 1 Hull City (Premier Division)
Liverpool produced a good display this afternoon to see off the challenge of Hull City at Anfield. Striker Fernando Torres gave Liverpool the lead with a placed shot in the 29th minute. Israel captain Yossi Benayoun doubled Liverpool's lead with a placed shot on 45 minutes.
Striker Jozy Altidore managed to grab the consolation for Hull in the 89th minute with a well timed close range finish. It’s the second time this season Liverpool wins 2-1 against Hull. The two teams will play again in the end of March.
Attendance: 45362
Liverpool Man of the Match: Yossi Benayoun (7.6)

Yossi Benayoun was the best player on the park during Liverpool's 2 - 1 English Premier Division victory over Hull this afternoon and the margin of victory should have been even greater. Benayoun's pace and skill on the ball was a constant threat to the Hull City defence and the right winger thoroughly deserved his goal. Benayoun has been in superb form for Liverpool so far this season, contributing three goals and six assists in seventeen appearances.

Sunderland today got there first win of the season. The beat Tottenham 1-0 on a goal in the 28th minute by Trinidad & Tobago player Kenwyne Jonas. The only winless team now left in the Premier League is Birmingham who will play Aston Villa tomorrow.

08/11/09
Liverpool’s Under 18s emerged victorious against Manchester United Under 18s at Moss Lane this afternoon. Michael Ngoo's won several headers to continue the momentum of his team.

Thirteen Liverpool players was today called up for international duty.

Match Date: November 14th.
Brazil: Lucas
England: Steven Gerrard and Glen Johnson

Match Dates: November 14th and November 18th.
Greece: Sotiris Kyrgiakos
Bulgaria: Nikolay Mihaylov

The remaining players were all young players playing Under 21 football. The Premier League will now take a two week break and the next Liverpool game will be played 21 Nov.

All the top ranked teams made it thru to the second round in the MLS playoffs. DC won 3-2 over New York and New England beat Chicago 2-1. In the other conference Chivas won 4-3 over Houston and the Galaxy beat Dallas by the same score.

Northwood_DK

11-18-2009, 11:39 AM

Northwood_DK

11-19-2009, 01:22 PM

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16/11/09
Marcus Giglio has turned seventeen today and thus can now be given a professional contract with Liverpool. At this point its look doubtful he will ever play professional football for Liverpool.

17/11/09
7 young Liverpool players started in U21 games today and several of them did well. Eighteen-year-old young striker Lauri Dalla Valle had a rollercoaster day. He managed to score a goal for Finland Under 21s but then spoiled his hard work by getting himself sent-off.

18/11/09
Costa Rica today qualified for the World Cup after beating Colombia 3-1 over two games. 24-year old Bryan Ruìz who play his league football in Twente had a great game.

The last 4 European teams was also found today. Bulgaria is thru and the same is France who beat Russia 1-0 in Moscow on a goal by Anelka. An early goal by Cristiano Ronaldo was not enough for Portugal who lost out to Croatia. The most drama was in Scotland where they needed OT to find a winner. Two goals in OT finally secured Scotland the final spot in the Wold Cup.

All 32 teams that will play in the World Cup is now found and they will just wait for draw of the groups. That will take place in South Africa 11 December.

19/11/09
Glen Johnson, Liverpool's full-back, has revealed that he has successfully been able to adapt his game to no longer cut inside with the ball. He will instead look to play more directly towards the touchline.

The free transfer deadline for England clubs has passed.

20/11/09
Relegation-threatened Burnley are going to have to set up the barricades if they want to come away with a result from this very tough home game against league leaders Liverpool, according to Sky Bet (Burnley: 7-1 Draw: 3-1 Liverpool: 1-3).
Liverpool are currently on a three match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 1st place in the English Premier Division. Burnley have now suffered three straight defeats and the relegation candidates find themselves in 18th place in the English Premier Division.

For the first time this season manager Tom Northwood decided not to attend the pre-game press conference.

F.C. Barcelona's Zlatan Ibrahimovic is among a number of players being linked with the World Player of the Year award. The 28-year-old striker is said to be delighted that he has had such a great year but will not allow the hype to get in the way of his football.
The other players thought to be in contention for the award are Samuel Eto'o, Steven Gerrard and Daniele De Rossi.

21/11/09
Comfortable win for The Reds on the road

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Burnley 0 - 2 Liverpool (Premier Division)
Liverpool produced a good display this afternoon to see off the challenge of Burnley at Turf Moor. Striker Fernando Torres got Liverpool off to a flyer by scoring a well timed close range finish on 3 minutes. Torres completed the scoring for Liverpool with a well timed close range finish on 26 minutes.
Experienced goalkeeper Brian Jensen then summed up his team's performance by nearly gifting Liverpool another goal on 84 minutes.
Attendance: 22516
Liverpool Man of the Match: Fernando Torres (8.4)

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Thomas Northwood was not giving much away as he met journalists in the wake of Liverpool's 2 - 0 English Premier Division victory over Burnley. A journalist from KiCK! Magazine chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "The World Player of the Year is fast approaching. Who do you think will win it?"
Northwood's response was, "Steven Gerrard."
There is speculation that Northwood's words will elicit a positive response from Steven Gerrard. Furthermore, it is likely to be a reaction that is shared by Gerrard's team-mates

22/11/09
With seven matches played and 21 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Old Trafford where a crowd of 73960 witnessed Man Utd's convincing 8 - 0 victory over Portsmouth. The highlight being a landmark goal for Man Utd's Michael Carrick.
Elsewhere, Didier Drogba scored a curling shot from the edge of the area during Aston Villa's 0 - 1 defeat against Chelsea and 40158 watched Everton's convincing 3 - 0 victory over Blackburn where Marouane Fellaini scored the pick of the goals with a long range curling shot.

With a 1-0 win over Chivas USA the New England Revolution won there first ever MLS title.

Northwood_DK

11-22-2009, 10:27 AM

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23/11/09
Fernando Torres was selected in the English Premier Division Team of the Week first eleven.

24/11/09
Liverpool favoured for Bordeaux European battle. English league leaders Liverpool have been touted as comfortable favourites but will have to be wary about complacency when taking on French Ligue 1 team Girondins Bordeaux, according to Sky Bet (Liverpool: 4-5 Draw: 2-1 Bordeaux: 3-1). Liverpool fans are all set to welcome Bordeaux fans to Liverpool for their European Champions Cup Group D match, one which the hosts are expecting to take a comfortable win from.

Tom Northwood was not giving much away as he met journalists ahead of Liverpool's match against FC Girondins de Bordeaux in the European Champions Cup Group D. A journalist from World Soccer Magazine chose the main focus point for the conference, asking,
"Your response suggests you have confidence in your players. What do you consider to be your strongest area of the team?"
Northwood's response was,
"I am fully confident that all areas of the team are strong and up for the challenge."
It is thought that the Liverpool squad should react well to Northwood's handling of the question.

25/11/09
Reds ease past Bordeaux

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Liverpool 1 - 0 FC Girondins de Bordeaux (Champions Cup Grp D)
Liverpool produced a good display this evening to see off the challenge of FC Girondins de Bordeaux at Anfield. Striker David N'Gog gave Liverpool the lead with a fine header from point-blank range in the 26th minute. Things went from bad to worse for Girondins Bordeaux as player Rémi Le Berre earned himself an early bath for persistent fouling on 69 minutes.
Both teams had a number of attempts at goal, which promised much, but the quality of finishing was poor throughout.
Attendance: 45036
Liverpool Man of the Match: David N'Gog (7.5)

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After the game manager Tom Northwood talked positively about the young players who got a chance to perform on the big stage today. Martin Kelly (19-years old), Francisco Duràn (21), Vincent Weijl (19) and of cause David N'Gog (20) all played important roles in the win.

26/11/09
David N'Gog was the best player on the park during Liverpool's 1 - 0 European Champions Cup Group D victory over Bordeaux yesterday evening and the margin of victory should have been even greater. N'Gog's pace and skill on the ball was a constant threat to the FC Girondins de Bordeaux defence and the striker thoroughly deserved his goal. Bordeaux boss Laurent Blanc heaped praise on David N'Gog after the game. Blanc stated that he was impressed with how well N'Gog had played against his side and thought he was one of the best players on the pitch.
Interest in N'Gog is thought to be high, with Girondins Bordeaux and Paris Saint-Germain among the clubs rumoured to be looking at the player.
Speaking to Foot Mercato, Paris Saint-Germain boss Antoine Kombouaré was full of encouragement for Liverpool striker David N'Gog. Kombouaré enthused that N'Gog is showing that he has real class and that if he continues to progress then anything is possible for the youngster.
N'Gog has made twelve appearances for Liverpool so far this season, scoring only four goals.

27/11/09
Speculation is mounting that Girondins Bordeaux manager Laurent Blanc is keeping tabs on Liverpool striker David N'Gog as he looks to expand the squad at Stade Chaban-Delmas (Parc Lescure). Blanc has made the striker one of his top transfer targets and will presumably be looking to follow up his interest in the near future.

League leaders Liverpool have been touted as comfortable favourites (Liverpool: 4-7 Draw: 5-2 Aston Villa: 4-1) but will have to be wary about complacency when taking on Aston Villa, according to Sky Bet. Liverpool are currently on a four match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 1st place in the English Premier Division and Aston Villa are currently lying in 8th place in the English Premier Division.

28/11/09
Reds stunned by incisive Aston Villa

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Liverpool 0 - 2 Aston Villa (Premier Division)
In a surprise result at Anfield, Liverpool were defeated by underdogs Aston Villa in their English Premier Division encounter. Striker Marlon Harewood got Aston Villa off to a flyer by scoring a close range effort on 5 minutes. Winger Ashley Young completed the scoring for Aston Villa with a screamer from the edge of the area on 20 minutes.
Things went from bad to worse for Liverpool as centre-back Daniel Agger earned himself an early bath for a vicious foul on 22 minutes. Liverpool were nearly gifted a goal on 75 minutes through Curtis Davies' lapse in concentration but they failed to capitalise on the opportunity presented to them.
Attendance: 45362
Liverpool Man of the Match: Jamie Carragher (6.9)

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29/11/09
Daniel Agger has been given an automatic one match ban after being sent off in the Premier Division match between Liverpool and Aston Villa. The ban will apply for all English domestic competitions and will start on Saturday 28th November 2009.
A disciplinary committee will be meeting on Saturday 5th December 2009 and may decide to extend the ban.
Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin believes the fans are very disappointed with Liverpool's 0 - 2 English Premier Division defeat against Aston Villa. Daniel Agger, Emiliano Insúa and Yossi Benayoun were the main targets for the fans' criticism and Martin Skrtel was one of the players mentioned who they would have preferred to see in the starting line-up.

The biggest shock of the English FA Cup Second Round was a win for Blue Square Premier team Salisbury City against struggling Bristol Rovers. Rotherham United are also through to the Third Round as they beat Coca-Cola League 1 side Gillingham at Don Valley Stadium.
Elsewhere, there were wins for AFC Bournemouth, Cheltenham Town, Charlton Athletic and Brighton and Hove Albion.

The only good new for Liverpool this weekend was that they remained in first place in the League. Chelsea only managed 2-2 against Fulham and in a perhaps even bigger surprise then the Liverpool loss, Man U lost 3-1 to a struggling West Ham.

Northwood_DK

11-23-2009, 04:05 PM

Northwood_DK

11-28-2009, 11:23 AM

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07/12/09
Liverpool player Jamie Carragher has revealed he is concerned by the lack of discipline at the club. He did not elaborate exactly what he was talking about. Liverpool are on top of the yellow card list (34) but the fact that Jamie Carragher was not named backup captain this season might also be part of his “problem”.

After he was hailed by Paris Saint-Germain boss Antoine Kombouaré, Liverpool's striker David N'Gog responded in an grateful manner. N'Gog indicated that although it is nice to receive praise from some managers, he just wants to concentrate on improving his game.

Liverpool go into this away game with every chance of walking away with something against slight favourites Porto, according to Sky Bet (Porto: 6-4 Draw: 2-1 Liverpool: 13-8). Both clubs will be doing everything they can to ensure victory.

08/12/09
Liverpool youngster’s losses to Porto

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Futebol Clube do Porto - SAD 3 - 1 Liverpool (Champions Cup Grp D)
Liverpool will be wondering what might have been this morning after a close encounter with Porto turned into a 3 - 1 victory for their opponents.
Porto finally took the lead when player Luis Lopes scored a thumping header on 50 minutes. Striker David N'Gog then equalised for Liverpool in the 58th minute with a well timed close range finish. An error from Sotiris Kyrgiakos allowed player Gustavo Ribeiro to score a thumping header. Player João Cajuda completed the scoring for Porto with a powerful effort on 85 minutes.
Attendance: 50948
Liverpool Man of the Match: Dirk Kuyt (7.5)

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09/12/09
Dave Galley has reported that Liverpool’s central defender Daniel Agger has suffered a bruised rib after a late tackle during the match against Porto. Galley advises you that Agger will be treated by the club's physios. It is likely that Agger will be out for between 4 days and 5 days whilst he is treated.

Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin believes the fans are disappointed with Liverpool's 1 - 3 European Champions Cup Group D defeat against Porto. Sotiris Kyrgiakos and Emmanuel Mendy were the main targets for the fans' criticism and there were some who stated that players such as Glen Johnson and Jamie Carragher should have been preferred in the starting line-up. Manager Tom Northwood said it was important that some of the regular players got a chance to rest and that new players gets a chance to play on the highest level. With the spot in the next round already secured this was a perfect game to accomplice just that.

10/12/09
A bad start to the week just got a lot worse when Dave Galley reported that attacking midfielder Steven Gerrard has sustained a chest injury while lifting weights during training. Galley advises that a chest injury can either be treated by the club's physios or managed by injections.
Injections: Will get through the next game against Bolton but could then be out for between 12 days and 2 weeks.
Physio: Out for between 9 days and 11 days.
Gerrard will be treated at Liverpool by the club's physios.

11/12/09
High-flying Bolton Wanderers are slight underdogs (Bolton: 7-4 Draw: 11-5 Liverpool: 5-4) in what should prove a tightly contested affair against league leaders Liverpool, according to Sky Bet. Premier Division title contenders Liverpool are currently lying in 1st place in the table while Bolton have been performing above expectations in the English Premier Division so far this season and find themselves in 5th place.

12/12/09
Reds ease past Bolton

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Bolton Wanderers 0 - 1 Liverpool (Premier Division)
Liverpool produced a good display this evening to see off the challenge of Bolton Wanderers at Reebok Stadium. The first incident of note was on 38 minutes as Liverpool were denied claims by Javier Mascherano for a penalty. With the game nearing an end, it was David N'Gog who scored a close range effort to give Liverpool the lead on 80 minutes.
N'Gog's impact delighted the fans with his late goal. Both teams had a number of attempts at goal, which promised much, but the quality of finishing was poor throughout.
Attendance: 27723
Liverpool Man of the Match: José Manuel Reina (7.8)

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13/12/09
José Manuel Reina was the best player on the park during Liverpool's 1 - 0 English Premier Division victory over Bolton this evening and the margin of victory should have been even greater. The Liverpool goalkeeper looked safe enough when called upon and the clean sheet will have done wonders for his confidence.
Other impressive performances was turned inn by players like Glen Johnson and David N'Gog, leaving the likes of Philipp Degen wondering how he will break into the side.

The best viewing of the weekend was to be found at Old Trafford where a crowd of 75023 witnessed Man Utd's heavy 1 - 4 defeat against Chelsea. The highlight of that match being a superb hat-trick for Chelsea's Didier Drogba. With that win Chelsea dropped Liverpool one place to 2nd in the English Premier Division, with Chelsea climbing above them on goal difference.
Elsewhere, a hat-trick from Eduardo inspired a win for the home side during Arsenal's convincing 5 - 2 victory over Birmingham and Andy Johnson scored the pick of the goals in Fulham's 2 - 2 draw with Man City with a well timed close range finish.

bulletsponge

11-28-2009, 12:21 PM

Carragher might be upset because you didnt discipline Agger. did you appeal the foul or discipline him when he got his red?

Northwood_DK

11-28-2009, 12:46 PM

Carragher might be upset because you didnt discipline Agger. did you appeal the foul or discipline him when he got his red?

That sounds reasonable. Properly just a coincidence that it was Carragher speaking out.

I didn’t appeal as the red card was properly correct (two footed tackle) but I didn’t discipline him either as it was his first such mistake. Guess a direct red card from now on is worth a weeks pay.

Carragher is just acting up a bit. He got something going that he thinks he will be a great manager when his playing career is over.

bulletsponge

11-28-2009, 01:56 PM

no dont fine 1 weeks pay, just give him a warning. what carragher did happened to me a few times, then i started giving warnings (and a few fines when it was real bad red) and i no longer get that unhappines

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11-29-2009, 02:46 PM

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This week will be one of the most important in the calendar for both Liverpool players and fans. With home game against city rivals Everton and against Man U this week will be like an early Christmas for all Liverpool fans. The city rivalry against a well playing Everton team is always a season highlight on Anfield Road. The rivalry with Man U might have the same importance in Liverpool but a win against the Red Devils is not fare behind.

15/12/09
Confident performance from The Reds against tame Everton team

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Liverpool 4 - 1 Everton (Premier Division)
An efficient performance by Liverpool's players saw them confidently overcome a lacklustre Everton 4 - 1 at Anfield. A brace from Fernando Torres helped Liverpool to victory. Striker Fernando Torres got Liverpool off to a flyer by scoring a placed shot on 5 minutes. Striker David N'Gog doubled Liverpool's lead with a well timed close range finish on 21 minutes. An error from Lucas Neill allowed Torres to score a well timed close range finish.
Enthusiastic striker James Vaughan pulled one back for Everton after 69 minutes with a powerful close range effort which was deflected on its way in. Full-back Emiliano Insúa completed the rout with a well timed close range finish on 75 minutes.
Attendance: 45362
Liverpool Man of the Match: Fernando Torres (8.5)

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Liverpool decided to come out in a 4-4-2 formation for the first time this season. Main reason for the change is the injury that leaves LFC without a quality starting AMC. It was also pointed out before the game by the Liverpool staff that Everton was struggling against teams playing in a 4-4-2 formation.

16/12/09
Perhaps just as important as the win (of cause not for the fans) is that fact that a small hole has opened up again in the top of the table. Chelsea and Liverpool is now 8 points clear of Manchester U and the rest of the persuaders.

17/12/09
The draw for the first round of the knockout stage was held today. Liverpool did not have much luck in the draw as they have been paired with Real Madrid. Liverpool and Real Madrid C.F. actually played each other in the final of the Champions Cup back in 1981, with The Reds lifting the trophy on that occasion.
Other great matchups in the first knockout stage will be Barcelona – Chelsea and Man U – Glasgow Rangers.

18/12/09
Liverpool have been touted as comfortable favourites (Liverpool: 4-6 Draw: 9-4 Man Utd: 7-2) but will have to be wary about complacency when taking on Man Utd this Sunday, according to Sky Bet. Liverpool are currently on a three match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 2nd place in the English Premier Division.
Man Utd's English Premier Division 0 - 0 draw with Birmingham last Tuesday sees Ferguson's side currently 3rd in the Premier Division with 31 points from 17 matches.
Liverpool will likely play the 4-4-2 formation again this weekend against Manchester United. The reasoning behind that move is that Steven Gerrard is still not expected ready to play and the Red Devils struggles against that formation according to LFC Assistant Manager Sammy Lee.

19/12/09
Despite the loss earlier this week to Liverpool, Everton continue to impress in this year Premier League. In this Saturdays early game they beat Man City on the road and that win moved them up to 3rd in the standing. The surprise player has been 30-year old Australian AMC Tim Cahill (7.28) with 7 goals and 4 assists.

20/12/09
Liverpool fortunate to beat Man Utd

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Liverpool 2 - 1 Manchester United (Premier Division)
Liverpool recorded a somewhat fortuitous win over Manchester United on a fine afternoon at Anfield. Liverpool finally took the lead when Israel captain Yossi Benayoun scored a well timed close range finish on 45 minutes. Striker Fernando Torres doubled Liverpool's lead with a placed shot on 52 minutes. Striker Wayne Rooney managed to grab the consolation for Man Utd in the 56th minute with a well timed close range finish.
Attendance: 45362
Liverpool Man of the Match: Yossi Benayoun (7.7)

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Manager Tom Northwood’s actions almost cost Liverpool the win today. His tactic in the first half was excellent when his team instead of the normal all-out attack sat back and waited out Man U and played counterattack football instead. But in the second half his calls was more questionable. Shifting to a 4-5-1 formation and then 5-4-1 was not a good move and when Dirk Kuyt was injured (dead leg, out 2 to 3 days) he suddenly found himself without a substitute to replace. Despite being a man down for the last 15 minutes Liverpool managed to hang on to the win.

Yossi Benayoun had a fine game this afternoon during Liverpool's 2 - 1 English Premier Division victory over Man Utd but it was a tight match that could really have gone either way. Benayoun put in an impressive performance for Liverpool and his goal will have been the icing on the cake for the right winger. Benayoun has been in superb form for Liverpool so far this season, contributing four goals and seven assists in twenty-four appearances.
Even Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson heaped praise on Liverpool right winger Yossi Benayoun. Ferguson stated that he was impressed with how well Benayoun had played against his side and thought he was one of the best players on the pitch.

Northwood_DK

12-02-2009, 07:08 AM

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Date: 21 / 12 / 2009
Headline: Club World Championship / EPL Team of the Week
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Barcelona have lost in the Club World Championship Final on penalties after a 2 - 2 draw with Estudiantes (LP) at Mohamed bin Zayed Stadium. The game was decided on penalties where Estudiantes from Argentina won 5-4. The missed penalty was by Dmytro Chygrynskyi who Barcelona bought from Shakthtar for £21mil before the season.

Yossi Benayoun and Fernando Torres were selected in the English Premier Division Team of the Week first eleven. They can now together with the rest of the Liverpool first team take a nice Christmas holiday as the team don’t have any games until 28des.

Northwood_DK

12-02-2009, 08:55 AM

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Date: 22 / 12 / 2009
Headline: Transfer talk
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It is being widely reported that Birmingham boss Dave Jones is all set to spend the bulk of his transfer budget on Liverpool left-back Emiliano Insúa. The left-back is valued by his club at £5M.
Insúa has been looking to establish himself as a regular at Anfield this season and has performed well in the eighteen appearances he has made in a Liverpool shirt this season.
Insúa has been one of manager Tom Northwood’s early favourites and it’s therefore highly unlikely that he will leave Anfield at this time.

Northwood_DK

12-02-2009, 10:38 AM

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Date: 23 / 12 / 2009
Headline: Injury report
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Andriy Voronin has sustained a broken collarbone after falling awkwardly during the match against Burnley Reserves. It is likely that Voronin will be out for between 6 weeks and 7 weeks whilst he is treated. This is bad news as Liverpool hoped to sell Voronin when the transfer window opens again in a few days.
Despite his £28.000 a week salary Voronin has struggled to make any kind of impact even on the reserves team. That together with some impressive play from David N’Gog has made Voronin irrelevant in Liverpool.

Barcelona today lost there first league game of the year. A 3-1 defeat to Valencia on the road drops them to “only “ second in the Spanish league behind Real Madrid on equal points but with two games less played.

Northwood_DK

12-02-2009, 01:31 PM

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Date: 24 / 12 / 2009
Headline: Injury report
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After being encouraged to learn from Albert Riera by his boss Thomas Northwood, Liverpool's young full-back Christopher Buchtmann responded in an appreciative manner. Liverpool player Christopher Buchtmann has expressed his delight at having the chance to work alongside Albert Riera.
Buchtmann revealed that he has a lot of respect for Riera and was looking forward to learning some additional movement and also adjusting his mentality off the pitch.
Albert Riera feels that he has a lot to offer Christopher Buchtmann. Riera indicated that he is happy to pass on his experience and knowledge to Buchtmann.

Northwood_DK

12-02-2009, 01:32 PM

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Date: 25 / 12 / 2009
Headline: Robbie Keane deal
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Tottenham have paid Liverpool £1,000,000 as part of the Robbie Keane transfer deal. The player has played in 30 league games for Tottenham.

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12-02-2009, 01:32 PM

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Date: 26 / 12 / 2009
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It took Birmingham 19 games but now they are finally there. As the last team in the premier league the got a W. James McFadden scored the lonely goal in the teams 1-0 over West Ham at Upton park in London.

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12-02-2009, 01:32 PM

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Underachieving Portsmouth are going to have to set up the barricades if they want to come away with a result from this very tough home game against Liverpool, according to Sky Bet (Portsmouth: 13-2 Draw: 11-4 Liverpool: 2-5).
Liverpool have notched up three straight wins and the title contenders occupy 2nd place in the English Premier Division. Portsmouth currently occupy 18th place in the Premier Division, although only one point separates them from Wolves who lie just outside the drop zone.

Northwood_DK

12-02-2009, 03:34 PM

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Date: Mon 28 / 12 / 2009
Headline: Portsmouth hold out for draw
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Portsmouth 1 - 1 Liverpool (Premier Division)
Liverpool fans came away from Fratton Park largely in good spirits after their match against Portsmouth. Liverpool finally took the lead when striker David N'Gog scored a placed shot from close range on 62 minutes. Unluckily they didn’t manage to stay focused for the entire 90 minutes and centre-back Marc Wilson equalised for Portsmouth after 85 minutes with a powerful header.
Better late than never for Portsmouth and the fans were clearly delighted with Wilson's impact. Manager Tom Northwood was not satisfied with the result in a game where his team started what is suppose to be the strongest first-11.
Attendance: 20476
Liverpool Man of the Match: Daniel Agger (7.5)

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Northwood_DK

12-03-2009, 02:53 PM

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Date: Tue 29 / 12 / 2009
Headline: The rich gets richer
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Man United today accepted a £10.2M offer from Girondins Bordeaux for John O'Shea. Despite having started 13 games for the red Devils this season he is mostly considered a backup and will likely be back on the bench when Wes Brown gets back from injury. John O'Shea has still not agreed on the personal contract and that might put a stop to the deal.
Other transfer speculations from Old Trafford are a story about Nani who looks to be on the way out. He has struggled to make it as a regular on the first team in Manchester and now he might be talking to Inter.

In-form Liverpool are sure-fire favourites (Liverpool: 1-6 Draw: 5-1 West Ham: 10-1) to overwhelm West Ham in what should be a comfortable home encounter for the Reds, according to Sky Bet. Liverpool are currently on a five match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 2nd place in the English Premier Division. West Ham are currently lying in 14th place in the English Premier Division.

Northwood_DK

12-04-2009, 04:38 PM

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Date: Wed 30 / 12 / 2009
Headline: Confident performance from The Reds

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Liverpool 2 - 0 West Ham United (Premier Division)
An efficient performance by Liverpool's players saw them confidently overcome a lacklustre West Ham United 2 - 0 at Anfield.
Things did not get off to a good start for West Ham as striker David N'Gog seized on an error by Valon Behrami to score a well timed close range finish. It was over quickly as Midfielder Lucas rounded off their victory on 18 minutes with an effort from the edge of the area. Lucas put in an impressive performance for Liverpool and his goal will have been the icing on the cake for the central midfielder. Lucas has been in superb form for Liverpool so far this season, contributing five goals and four assists in twenty-four appearances. Dirk Kuyt and David N'Gog also impressed the fans and Liverpool are now on a six match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 2nd place in the English Premier Division.
Attendance: 45362
Liverpool Man of the Match: Lucas (8.0)

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Northwood_DK

12-04-2009, 04:45 PM

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Date: Thu 31 / 12 / 2009
Headline: League roundup

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The most interesting game this week was found at Britannia Stadium where a crowd of 27379 witnessed a shock result during Stoke's convincing 3 - 0 victory over Everton. The highlight being a landmark goal for Stoke's Rory Delap. Elsewhere, a hat-trick from Robinho inspired a win for the home side during Man City's 3 - 2 victory over Arsenal and Owen Hargreaves scored the pick of the goals in Tottenham's 2 - 2 draw with Man Utd with a freekick.

After most of the teams have played 20 games and clearer picture is now starting to form. Chelsea is out in front alone with Liverpool close behind them. Then there is a big gap down to a group of 7 teams currently lead by Aston Villa still in the pursue.
In the bottom of the league Birmingham and Burnley looks lost already while the 3rd and final relegation spot is still very open with at least 5 teams feeling the pressure.

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Northwood_DK

12-05-2009, 07:28 AM

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Date: Fri 01 / 01 / 2010
Headline: Monthly roundup
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Important dates in January for Liverpool FC
1.1.2010 - Start of transfer window (Formica and Yttergård set to join Liverpool)
2.1.2010 - Liverpool v Nottm Forest (FA Cup)
9.1.2010 - Blackburn v Liverpool (Premier Division)
13.1.2010 - Arsenal v Liverpool (Premier Division)
16.1.2010 - Liverpool v Birmingham (Premier Division)
23.1.2010 - English FA Cup Fourth Round
26.1.2010 - Chelsea v Liverpool (Premier Division)
31.1.2010 - Liverpool v Sunderland (Premier Division)

Sammy Lee has decided to give some feedback on how training has been going over the past month.
The following players have trained well over the past month:
Lauri Dalla Valle (Aerobic)
Dean Bouzanis (Aerobic)
Martin Hansen (Goalkeeping)

A Liverpool player named in World Team of the Year. Fernando Torres didn’t make the first-11 but was selected among the World Team of the Year substitutes

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The goal Lucas scored in yesterdays win was today named “Goal of the Month”

New Liverpool youngster Ruben Yttergård Jenssen has described his £1,500,000 move from Tromsø as the 'best moment of his life'. The twenty-one year-old central midfielder told journalists that he hoped to get his chance at Anfield as soon as possible and make himself a firm favourite with the club's fans.
Liverpool’s other new signing Mauro Formica was not so upbeat when he joined his new team today. He spoke of his sadness at leaving El Coloso del Parque. The former Los Leprosos attacking midfielder revealed to journalists that although he was looking forward to establishing himself at Liverpool, he hoped it would not be the last time he was seen in a Newell's shirt. He is the 3rd Argentinean on the Liverpool team and hopefully Javier Mascherano and Emiliano Insùa can help him feel at home.

In-form Liverpool are sure-fire favourites (Liverpool: 1-6 Draw: 5-1 Nottm Forest: 10-1) to overwhelm Coca-Cola Championship team Nottm Forest in what should be a comfortable home encounter for the Reds, according to Sky Bet. Liverpool fans are all set to welcome Nottm Forest fans to Liverpool for their English FA Cup Third Round match, one which the hosts are expecting to take a comfortable win from. Both clubs will be doing everything they can to ensure victory.

Board Confidence Update
To summarise, the board are satisfied with Tom Northwood’s management of the team. This has been underlined by the fans' delight at Liverpool's convincing 4 - 1 English Premier Division victory over Everton.
Despite the positives, Liverpool's 0 - 2 English Premier Division defeat against Aston Villa cannot be ignored and the fans have voiced their discontent at the result.

The club recorded a loss of £7.28M last month.
Monthly Turnover: £7.5M
Previous Month: £11.22M
Main Income: TV Revenue £2.38M
Monthly Expenditure: £14.78M
Previous Month: £17.18M
Main Expenditure: Player Wages £3.99M

Notts Co are interested in buying Liverpool's Stephen Darby. They would like to know how much Liverpool want for the player. Tom Northwood said that Darby was one of the few home grown players on the roster and that Liverpool was not interested in a sale of this player.

A press conference was scheduled at Anfield today after Liverpool captured the signatures of Mauro Formica and Ruben Yttergård Jenssen. Among the media likely to be interested are The Liverpool Echo, BBC Merseyside, skysports.com, KiCK! Magazine and The Observer.
Thomas Northwood appeared in an equivocal mood as he met journalists to announce the signings of Mauro Formica and Ruben Yttergård Jenssen. The entire press conference Tom Northwood was hammered with questions about the signing of Mauro Formica who doesn’t speak any English and who didn’t want to leave his home club.
A journalist from World Soccer Magazine chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "There was a lot of excitement among the club's fans following the signing of Mauro Formica, with many tipping him to be a star of the future. Do you agree with this?"
Northwood's response was, "I wouldn't have signed him if I wasn't confident in his ability to play from the off."
There is speculation that Mauro Formica will be buoyed by Northwood's positive words. It is thought that the Liverpool squad are unlikely to share Formica's reaction however.

Northwood_DK

12-06-2009, 08:00 AM

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Date: Sat 02 / 01 / 2010
Headline: Best start imaginable for Mauro Formica
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Liverpool 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest (FA Cup 3rd Rnd)
Liverpool were almost embarrassed by Nottingham Forest in the English FA Cup Third Round match at Anfield. Things turned sour for Nottm Forest when journeyman striker Dele Adebola earned himself an early bath for a vicious foul on 28 minutes. Liverpool then finally took the lead when midfielder Mauro Formica scored a long range curling shot on 57 minutes.
Liverpool covered a lot of ground but also conceded far too many fouls, meaning their effort was often for nothing.
Manager Northwood was of cause delighted to see his latest investment have such a good start to his Liverpool career. Liverpool’s other newcomer Ruben Yttergård Jenssen also came on at halftime without showing much in his debut.
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Attendance: 39096
Liverpool Man of the Match: Mauro Formica (7.8)

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BYU 14

12-06-2009, 08:13 AM

Close call there, that would have brought you some heat, especially losing at Anfield. :eek:

Northwood_DK

12-06-2009, 09:08 AM

Close call there, that would have brought you some heat, especially losing at Anfield. :eek:

We have been extremely fortunate this fare.

Not only have we managed to avoid any major upsets at home but we have been virtually injury free for the entire first half of the season.

Northwood_DK

12-06-2009, 02:18 PM

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Date: Sun 03 / 01 / 2010
Headline: FA Cup Third Round Update
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Football enthusiasts looking to the English FA Cup Third Round for potential upsets were left empty-handed as there were none to be found on this particular day. Chelsea overcame Kidderminster in a result which reflected the general theme of the round. Stoke City are also in the hat for the next round as they beat struggling Reading at Britannia Stadium.
Elsewhere, there were wins for Burnley, Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur.

Mauro Formica was the best player on the park during Liverpool's 1 - 0 English FA Cup Third Round victory over Nottm Forest yesterday evening but the margin of victory should have been even greater.
The attacking midfielder netted the only goal of the game in his Liverpool debut. Formica, 21, looked in good form for Liverpool and the attacking midfielder will be delighted to have got on the scoresheet. The goal was a long range curling shot. The new Liverpool signing has already made it known in recent days that he is pleased to be part of the setup at Anfield.
The FA Cup game also gave debut to Ruben Yttergård Jenssen who also joined the club yesterday. Three backups Stephen Darby, Diego Cavalieri and Alberto Aquilani all got playing time in a game where Torres started on the bench and Steven Gerrard was rested and was not even in uniform.

Northwood_DK

12-06-2009, 02:52 PM

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Date: Mon 04 / 01 / 2010
Headline: EPL Team of the Week
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Danish international Daniel Agger was selected in the English Premier League Team of the Week first eleven for his performance in week 1. He had solid performances both Monday (7.5) against Portsmouth and Wednesday (7.5) in the win over West Ham.

Speculation is mounting that Stockport are keeping tabs on Liverpool central midfielder Steve Irwin as manager Gary Ablett looks to expand the squad at Edgeley Park.
The Hatters are reported to have made the young midfielder one of their top transfer targets and will presumably be looking to follow up their interest in the near future.
Irwin, who is valued at £140K, currently has 6 months remaining on his £250 p/w deal at Anfield. The 19-year old has been with Liverpool for 4 years now but has still not been even remotely close to first team football.

Northwood_DK

12-07-2009, 02:23 AM

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Date: Tue 05 / 01 / 2010
Headline: Cup 4th Rnd draw
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The FA Cup 4th Rnd draw was completed today and Liverpool had a reasonable draw as they will play either Leeds or Barnsley.

The home teams Bolton and Everton both won there games in the first leg of the English League Cup semi finial. Bolton still got a lot of work to do as the “only” managed a 1-0 win over Man City while Everton got a strong 3-0 win over Arsenal.

Northwood_DK

12-07-2009, 01:55 PM

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Date: Wed 06 / 01 / 2010
Headline: Martin Skrtel out 5 to 6 weeks
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Dave Galley from the Liverpool medical department have reported that central defender Martin Skrtel has suffered strained knee ligaments after twisting sharply during a training session. Galley advises the Liverpool management that Skrtel will be treated by the club's physios. It is likely that Skrtel will be out for between 5 weeks and 6 weeks whilst he is treated. Martin Skrtel has told icLiverpool.co.uk of his disappointment that he will miss the European Champions Cup First Knockout Round against Real Madrid C.F. on February 17th through injury.
Instead of taking to the field against Los Merengues, Skrtel will be forced to watch his team-mates from the stands.

Northwood_DK

12-08-2009, 01:41 AM

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Date: Thu 07 / 01 / 2010
Headline: GK Diego Cavalieri on the move?
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Speculation is mounting that former Chelsea manager now Inter manager José Mourinho is keeping tabs on Liverpool goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri as he looks to expand the squad at Giuseppe Meazza.
Mourinho has made the goalkeeper one of his top transfer targets and will presumably be looking to follow up his interest in the near future. Diego Cavalieri, 27, arrived at Anfield from Palmeiras for a fee of £3M in 2008. If sold to Inter he will join Brazilian GK Jùlio Cèsar who has been the number one keeper at Giuseppe Meazza for the last 5 seasons.
Local media has it that Inter has already asked Liverpool for a price for Diego Cavalieri and that Liverpool have responded that they will be willing to sell him if £7mil is put on the table. New manager Tom Northwood would not comment on the possible trade when asked earlier today. Diego Cavalieri and José Manuel Reina has both been solid when getting the chance for Liverpool this season but at this point Reina looks to have secured the starting spot. The biggest question mark if this deal goes thru is if Liverpool has a backup keeper on the roster at this moment who is good enough to move inn to the empty slot behind José Manuel Reina.

Northwood_DK

12-08-2009, 08:19 AM

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Date: 08 / 01 / 2010
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Blackburn are going to have to set up the barricades if they want to come away with a result from this very tough home game against in-form Liverpool, according to Sky Bet (Blackburn: 13-2 Draw: 11-4 Liverpool: 2-5). Liverpool are currently on a six match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 2nd place in the English Premier Division. Blackburn have been performing above expectations in the English Premier Division so far this season and find themselves in 10th place.

The biggest transfer after the transfer window opened up again at New Year was announced today. It was no surprise that it was Real Madrid making the splash but it might have been a surprise to many that the player they added to an already stacked midfield was AMC Arda from Galatasaray.
Another team really on the offensive is Girondins de Bordeaux. Since the transfer window opened eight days ago they have bought a player from each of the 3 Moscow clubs (Spartak, Dinamo and CSAK) for just over £10mil each and have also added Demba Ba from Hoffenheim for another £9.5mil.

Northwood_DK

12-09-2009, 02:36 AM

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Date: Sat 09 / 01 / 2010
Headline: Blackburn hold out for draw
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Just before game start today Liverpool received an official offer from Inter for GK Diego Cavalieri. As speculated about in the local media the offer is £7mil. Liverpool will likely wait until after the weekend to make a decision. Liverpool got a tough decision to make. They don’t have any backup even close to the class of Cavalieri but with 6 keepers currently on the reserves team they might be tempted to make some money.

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Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Liverpool (Premier Division)
Liverpool fans came away from Ewood Park partly in good spirits after their match against Blackburn Rovers. Striker Fernando Torres gave Liverpool the lead with a placed shot in the 24th minute. Then experienced striker Benni McCarthy equalised for Blackburn 11 minutes later with a real poacher's effort.
Despite the somewhat poor result Liverpool extended their unbeaten record in the Premier Division to seven games.
Attendance: 29452
Liverpool Man of the Match: Fernando Torres (7.4)

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Northwood_DK

12-09-2009, 12:05 PM

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Date: Sun 10 / 01 / 2010
Headline: More transfer speculations
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After Inter made the offer for Liverpool’s backup goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri earlier this week several Liverpool players have been mentioned in transfer speculations.
Derby manager Nigel Clough has reportedly admitted to SundayMercury.co.uk that he is interested in signing Liverpool's winger Nabil El Zhar. Sources in the media are speculating however that Liverpool would demand in excess of £1,700,000 for the player, which could prove a stumbling block. The Moroccan international has been placed on the transfer-list at Liverpool but has made it clear that he would like to stay at Anfield if possible.
Liverpool's young full-back Christopher Buchtmann is being targeted by Fulham manager Roy Hodgson. Hodgson is said to be very keen to add to the squad at Craven Cottage and believes the left-back will fit the bill perfectly. Buchtmann has recently signed a new deal with Liverpool which will keep him at Anfield until June 2012.
Speculation goes that team owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks might tromp some of these transfers thru even if manager Tom Northwood wants to keep the players. The club is losing money at a record pace and will sooner or later have to find a way to stop the holes in the bucket.

Alexander Kacaniklic has completed his loan spell at Rochdale and returns to Liverpool. Kacaniklic made 23 appearances with an average rating of 6.22 during his spell at Rochdale, scoring 2 goals and making 3 assists. Alexander Kacaniklic has indicated that he found his loan to Rochdale a complete waste of time. He believes that playing with a team at that level taught him very little and believes he would have learnt much more during the time if he had remained at Liverpool during the period.

With six teams in action and 9 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found between two bitter rivals at Emirates Stadium where a crowd of 60361 witnessed Arsenal's 3 - 1 victory over Tottenham. The highlight of that match was Vedran Corluka scoring his first ever goal for Tottenham. Elsewhere, Wayne Rooney scored an audacious lob during Man Utd's 2 - 0 victory over Wolves and 37777 watched Everton's heavy 0 - 3 defeat against Hull where Jimmy Bullard scored the pick of the goals with a placed shot from close range.

Northwood_DK

12-09-2009, 01:12 PM

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Date: Mon 11 / 01 / 2010
Headline: African Cup of Nations
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Juventus have paid Liverpool £1,500,000 as part of the Mohamed Sissoko transfer deal. The player has played in 50 league games for Juventus.

Nabil El Zhar has been called up by Morocco manager Hassan Moumen for his African Cup of Nations squad. The player who is currently rumoured to be on hot-list to Derby manager Nigel Clough will be away at least until 28/01/10 and perhaps even longer if Morocco moves past the group stage.
This years African Cup of Nations is played in Angola for the first time in the tournaments 53-year history.

Northwood_DK

12-09-2009, 04:42 PM

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Date: Tue 12 / 01 / 2010
Headline: Young prospects
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The hottest young name on the transfer marked at this point looks to be just 19-year old Yacine Brahimi from France club Stade Rennais FC. Both Barcelona and Manchester Untied is interested in the young attacking midfielder and the latest news say that Man U have already put inn an offer worth £6mil.

Northwood_DK

12-09-2009, 04:42 PM

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Date: Wed 13 / 01 / 2010
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All the teams for the 4th round of the English FA Cup are now found. The lowest ranked team is Port Wale from the Coca Cola second division. Among the 32 remaining team are 18 Premier League teams. The best game in the 4th round will possible between Tottenham and Man City while Liverpool will play Barnsley from the Coca Cola Championship. Barnsley who is currently 18th in the second best English division beat Leeds 3-2 in a re-match to make it to the final 32.
This means that the Arsenal vs. Liverpool English Premier Division match has been re-arranged for Friday 12th February 2010 due to the clash with the Barnsley vs. Liverpool FA Cup match on Saturday 23rd January 2010. This is not good news for Liverpool who now has to play three games in 6 days the week before they will play Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions Leagues first knockout round.

Northwood_DK

12-10-2009, 01:37 AM

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Date: Thu 14 / 01 / 2010
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Robbie Threlfall has completed his loan spell at Accrington and returns to Liverpool. Threlfall made 24 appearances with an average rating of 6.45 and made 5 assists during his spell at Accrington. Robbie Threlfall has indicated that he found his loan to Accrington a complete waste of time. He believes that playing with a team at that level taught him very little and believes he would have learnt much more during the time if he had remained at Liverpool during the period.

Northwood_DK

12-10-2009, 06:56 AM

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Date: Fri 15 / 01 / 2010
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In-form Liverpool are sure-fire favourites (Liverpool: 1-6 Draw: 5-1 Birmingham: 10-1 ) to overwhelm injury-ravaged Birmingham in what should be a comfortable home encounter for the Reds, according to Sky Bet.
Liverpool are currently on a seven match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 2nd place in the English Premier Division behind Chelsea. Birmingham still only got one win this season and has now suffered three straight defeats. The relegation candidates find themselves in 20th place in the English Premier Division with all hope of saving there place in the finest division quickly disappearing.
It’s suspected that Liverpool will play there 4-4-2 formation with two attackers in a game they must win convincingly if they wants to satisfy the fans.

Northwood_DK

12-10-2009, 08:24 AM

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Date: Sat 16 / 01 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool hammer Birmingham
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Liverpool 2 - 0 Birmingham City (Premier Division)
Liverpool enjoyed near total domination over a distinctly average Birmingham City side at Anfield this afternoon. Striker David N'Gog gave Liverpool the lead with a firm diving header from inside the six-yard box in the 15th minute. Striker Fernando Torres finally rounded off their victory on 78 minutes with a placed shot from close range. Torres' pace and skill on the ball was a constant threat to the Birmingham City defence and the striker thoroughly deserved his goal.
The Spanish international has been in lethal form for Liverpool this season, leading the club's scoring charts with eighteen goals in twenty-eight appearances. Normally you don’t want to change a winning formula but manager Tom Northwood said after the game that he will try to free up Fernando Torres more during the game. In today’s game he had the most tackles (9) of all Liverpool players and that’s not what you want from you key goal scorer. Northwood also noted his satisfaction with the total dominance by Daniel Agger and Jamie Carragher in the air where they won 23 of 26 balls today.
Liverpool are currently on an eight match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 2nd place in the English Premier Division. The Reds look as if they are going to push the leaders Chelsea all the way to the wire at the moment. Chelsea lost this week to Sunderland and that puts Liverpool just 4 points behind with one game less played.
Attendance: 45362
Liverpool Man of the Match: Fernando Torres (7.5)

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The African Nations Cup kicked off today in Angola. In the first game of the tournament Guinea recorded a 2-1 win over Kenya. The tournament will continue for the next 5 weeks until a winner is found 07Feb.

Northwood_DK

12-12-2009, 04:26 AM

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Date: Sun 17 / 01 / 2010
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Two bitter rivals meet at Britannia Stadium where a crowd of 27500 witnessed Stoke's 2 - 4 defeat against Man Utd. A possible talking point from the game being a red card for Man Utd's Nemanja Vidic. Elsewhere, a brace from Carlos Tevez did the damage during Man City's convincing 4 - 0 victory over West Ham and 41761 watched Chelsea's 0 - 1 defeat against Sunderland.

Liverpool manager Tom Northwood had to take a major decision today when Inter demanded an answer to the request to buy backup goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri. Inter had made an offer of £7,000,000 for Diego Cavalieri, an offer Liverpool finally decided to accept. Liverpool paid just £3mil when they purchased him before the start of last season. LFC will likely have to spend some of the money they will earn from this sale on a new backup keeper. Danish press says that Tom Northwood might look to bring inn Kasper Schmeichel as the backup. Notts Co are interested in buying Liverpool's Stephen Darby and they might be willing to make a trade.

Northwood_DK

12-12-2009, 04:28 AM

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Date: Mon 18 / 01 / 2010
Headline: Alexander Kacaniklic back out
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The loan move of Liverpool's Alexander Kacaniklic to Bournemouth can now be completed. Liverpool have confirmed the deal. The 18-yar old Swedish player has just rejoined Liverpool after a loan period at Rochdale. Alexander Kacaniklic has declared himself delighted to be at Dean Court and is looking forward to getting some first-team experience. The 18-year-old Liverpool left winger said that he was looking to do well and was hoping Bournemouth would get a few wins during his time there.

Northwood_DK

12-13-2009, 05:33 AM

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Date: Tue 19 / 01 / 2010
Headline: League Cup semi final
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It took 20 penalties to find a winner in the League Cup semi final between Everton and Arsenal. Abou Diaby had a chance to decide it but missed Arsenals 5th penalty. Lucas Neill then became the hero for Everton when he scored the winning goal on his teams 10th penalty after William Gallas missed the previous for Arsenal. In the other semi final Manchester City didn’t have any trouble making it to the final after beating Bolton 4-0 at home today.

Liverpool have today promoted 19-year old GK Martin Hansen to the first team. The young Dane will be the new backup for Josè Manuel Reina after Diego Cavalieri left for Inter just a few days ago. The young player who original came from Brøndby is in his 4th season for Liverpool. This season he has been the regular starter for the reserve team.

Northwood_DK

12-13-2009, 09:37 AM

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Date: Wed 20 / 01 / 2010
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Notts Co want wants an initial fee of £3,300,000 plus Stephen Darby for Kasper Schmeichel. Schmeichel is reportedly unsettled at Meadow Lane and there could be cause for speculation as to whether the player will remain at the club much longer. But with a total transfer cost way over £5mil it’s highly unlikely that Liverpool FC have a chance to continue the pursue of the young player. Scouts at Anfield Road doubt that Kasper Schmeichel will ever get even close to playing on the same level as his father did in his best days in Manchester Untied. At this point Liverpool cannot afford to use that kind of money on a backup player with a questionable upside.

Aston Villa keeps up the pressure on the two frontrunners in the Premier League. Today they got an impressive 4-1 win over Portsmouth and is now 3rd in the league just 6 points behind Liverpool. The big surprise have been 23-year old Gabby Agbonlahor who has scored 18 goal plus 8 assists in his 29 starts this season. It will be interesting to see if Villa can keep it up with Agbonlahor now out for two weeks with injury and the will have to relay on Emil Heskey.

Northwood_DK

12-14-2009, 01:38 PM

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Week: 4
Date: Thu 21 / 01 / 2010
Headline: Guardiola could leave Barcelona
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The owners and front office in Barcelona are worried that they may lose Josep Guardiola when his contract is up at the end of the season. It is believed that they are preparing to open discussions with Guardiola as soon as the season finishes but are making contingency plans in case he decides to leave. Pundits in the media are already speculating that manager Luciano Spalletti could be tempted to take over the reins at Camp Nou if the offer is right. Other managers such as Víctor Fernández, Lorenzo Serra Ferrer and Karel Brückner are also being linked with the Barcelona hot seat.

Jay Spearing has completed his loan spell at Morecambe and returns to Liverpool. Spearing made 22 appearances with an average rating of 6.38 during his spell at Morecambe, scoring 2 goals. Jay Spearing has indicated that he found his loan to Morecambe a complete waste of time. He believes that playing with a team at that level taught him very little and believes he would have learnt much more during the time if he had remained at Liverpool during the period.

Northwood_DK

12-14-2009, 01:46 PM

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Date: Fri 22 / 01 / 2010
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Barnsley fans are all set to welcome Liverpool fans to Barnsley for their English FA Cup Fourth Round match. But Coca-Cola Championship team Barnsley are going to have to set up the barricades if they want to come away with a result from this very tough home game against in-form Liverpool, according to Sky Bet (Barnsley: 13-2 Draw: 11-4 Liverpool: 2-5). Barnsley beat Leeds United whilst Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest to get this far.

Swansea's under-fire boss Paulo Sousa is trying to sign Liverpool's midfielder Damien Plessis in an attempt to improve his side's on-pitch fortunes. It is believed Sousa will have to pay around £450,000 to prise him away from The Reds. They have sent a request to Liverpool asking how much they want for the young player.
Sheff Utd has made an offer worth £120,000 plus future incentives for Liverpool’s Steve Irwin. Interest in Irwin is thought to be high, with Chesterfield, Darlington, Stockport and Swansea among the clubs rumoured to be looking at the player. They have set a deadline of Friday 29th January 2010 for Liverpool's decision.

Northwood_DK

12-14-2009, 03:14 PM

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Date: Sat 23 / 01 / 2010
Headline: Reds unimpressive in FA Cup win
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Barnsley 1 - 2 Liverpool (FA Cup 4th Rnd)
Liverpool were almost embarrassed by Barnsley in the English FA Cup Fourth Round match at Oakwell. Liverpool finally took the lead when striker Dirk Kuyt scored a powerful close range effort on 51 minutes. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard doubled Liverpool's lead with a well timed close range finish on 65 minutes. Winger Adam Hammill's 82nd minute strike proved the only consolation for The Reds. Despite the somewhat poor result the fans were particularly impressed by the play from Emiliano Insúa, Dirk Kuyt and Steven Gerrard.
Liverpool were expected to qualify and now having sealed their place in the next round, fans can look forward to who they may be drawn against. Liverpool will have to face the likes of Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal if they are to go all the way and win the FA Cup.
Attendance: 23186
Liverpool Man of the Match: Steven Gerrard (7.5)

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Northwood_DK

12-15-2009, 03:00 AM

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Date: Sun 24 / 01 / 2010
Headline: Galley physio report on Jamie Carragher
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The win over Barnsley in the FA Cup 4th round didn’t come without a price for Liverpool. Team doctor Dave Galley has reported that Jamie Carragher has sustained a twisted knee after turning awkwardly during the match.
Galley advice that Carragher will be treated by the club's physios. It is likely that Carragher will be out for between 12 days and 2 weeks whilst he is treated. Jamie Carragher will be missed in the upcoming game against Chelsea and will also have to sit out the game against Sunderland.
Despite being somewhat critical about new manager Tom Northwood’s handling of the team Carraghers performance on the pitch have been almost flawless.

Steven Gerrard was the best player on the park during Liverpool's 2 - 1 English FA Cup Fourth Round victory over Barnsley yesterday afternoon but the margin of victory should have been even greater.
The 29 year-old attacking midfielder took his goal well for Liverpool and generally looked lively.
Gerrard has been in superb form for Liverpool so far this season, contributing thirteen goals and seven assists in twenty-two appearances.

Northwood_DK

12-16-2009, 06:19 AM

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Date: Mon 25 / 01 / 2010
Headline: Steele set for Liverpool
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Liverpool go into this away game with every chance (Chelsea: 5-4 Draw: 11-5 Liverpool: 7-4) of walking away with something against slight favourites Chelsea, according to Sky Bet. Liverpool are currently on an eight match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 2nd place in the English Premier Division. Premier Division title contenders Chelsea are currently lying in 1st place in the table but comes in to the game with some serious injury problems.

The £150,000 deal taking Middlesbrough's 19-year old keeper Jason Steele to Liverpool has now been completed with Liverpool confirming the deal today. Middlesbrough's Jason Steele is delighted to have successfully negotiated terms with Liverpool. Steele revealed that he was very keen to rise to the challenge of moving to such an illustrious club. Jason Steele has also told the media that the opportunity to play alongside great players such as José Manuel Reina was too good to turn down.
The 19-year-old signing from Middlesbrough told reporters that he had modelled his game on Reina and was keen to learn more from the gifted goalkeeper.
This is of cause an attempt from Liverpool to add some depth after Diego Cavalieri was sold to Inter last week.
Liverpool has also been in contact with Greek club AO Nea Kavala about getting France goalkeeper Charles Itandje back from loan early in case of emergency.
The deal was completed one week before the transfer deadline for English clubs.

Another player returns to Liverpool from a loan and declare it a waste of time. This time it was Gerardo Bruna who called his time with Walsall a complete waste of time.
He believes that playing with a team at that level taught him very little and believes he would have learnt much more during the time if he had remained at Liverpool during the period.

The 5th round of the FA Cup was drawn today. Liverpool will play the winner of the 4th round re-match between Charlton and Bristol City.

Northwood_DK

12-17-2009, 01:56 PM

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Date: Tue 26 / 01 / 2010
Headline: Rearguard action provides memorable Reds victory
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Chelsea 1 - 3 Liverpool (Premier Division)
A sturdy defence and a battling midfield display were the foundations upon which Liverpool built their 3 - 1 victory over Chelsea this evening. A brace from David N'Gog helped Liverpool to victory. Flamboyant forward Antonio Cassano gave Chelsea the lead with a long range freekick in the 13th minute. Midfielder Mauro Formica then equalised for Liverpool in the 28th minute with a well timed close range finish.
Striker David N'Gog then put the away side in front after 62 minutes with a placed shot. N'Gog completed the scoring for Liverpool with a well timed close range finish on 85 minutes.
Attendance: 41761
Liverpool Man of the Match: David N'Gog

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David N'Gog impressed a lot of people during Liverpool's 3 - 1 English Premier Division victory over Chelsea this evening, according to BBC Radio 5 live. N'Gog had the quality to put the Chelsea defence to the sword and finished the match with two goals.
N'Gog has made twenty-five appearances for Liverpool so far this season, scoring thirteen goals.
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti was one of the people heaping praise on Liverpool striker David N'Gog. Ancelotti stated that he was impressed with how well N'Gog had played against his side and thought he was one of the best players on the pitch.
During an interview with Football.fr, Olympique de Marseille boss Didier Deschamps indicated that Liverpool striker David N'Gog has shown he has a lot of potential. Deschamps stated that N'Gog has the potential to develop into a real quality player.
Interest in N'Gog is thought to be high, with AS Monaco FC, Girondins Bordeaux, OM, Paris Saint-Germain and CSKA Moscow among the clubs rumoured to be looking at the player.

Liverpool have extended their unbeaten record in the Premier Division to nine games following their 3 - 1 result against Chelsea. If The Reds are capable of maintaining their excellent current form, it will be difficult to see any of the chasing pack challenging them for the title, although there is still time for that to change.
Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin feels the fans are delighted with Liverpool's 3 - 1 English Premier Division victory over Chelsea. Richard believes the fans feel there is nothing more satisfying than getting one over your arch rivals. Dirk Kuyt and David N'Gog particularly impressed.

This was properly just the right time for Liverpool if they wanted to have a chance to beat Chelsea. Despite having one of the deepest squads in the league Chelsea today still had to call up and give debut to 20-year old Lee Sawyer on the central midfield due to injury. Six regular starters were sidelined for Chelsea with team top scorer Didier Drogba among them.

Northwood_DK

12-17-2009, 01:57 PM

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Date: Wed 27 / 01 / 2010
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The win over Chelsea came with a huge price. The Liverpool defends suddenly looks very shaky. At the early training today Jamie Carragher, Martin Skrtel, Philipp Degen, and Sotiris Kyrgiakos were all missing due to injuries. It looks like Liverpool will have to go out and sign a defender this week. The Liverpool media talks about Ryan Shawcross from Stoke might be the target but it’s highly unlikely that Stoke will be willing to let him go at this point.

Northwood_DK

12-17-2009, 03:32 PM

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Date: Thu 28 / 01 / 2010
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There has been frantic activity in the front office at Anfield Road since the final wishel was blown at Stamford Bright two days ago in the Reds win over Chelsea. Scouts and management have been working overtime to try to find a central defender they would be able to sign before the transfer window closes later this week. This time they were not looking for a young prospect or a backup player to add depth but for a player with the qualities to start in a Liverpool defends decimated by injuries.
With the limited time available the search has been among players already scouted by the scout department.
3 players were early picked out as potential targets. Stokes Ryan Shawcross, Michael Dingsdag from PSV and Michael Turner from Sunderland.

The quarter finals for the African Nations Cup are set. The 8 teams that made it thru the group play will meet like this in the quarter finals.
Morocco – Ivory Coast
Guinea – Nigeria
Ghana – Uganda
Mali – Tunisia

The player of the tournament this fare has been 32-year old Seville striker Frèdèric Kanoutè who scored a perfect 10 in the first game of the tournament and a 9.1 in the second game.

Northwood_DK

12-18-2009, 10:42 AM

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Date: Fri 29 / 01 / 2010
Headline: Turns down the Old Lady
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Juventus today made an offer worth £9,000,000 plus future incentives for Liverpool’s defensive midfielder Lucas. Liverpool quickly decided to reject the offer. The player has been one of the best for Liverpool this fare this season and is an important first team player. With the Liverpool defends in shambles the team might be looking even more to Lucas for defensive help. Its Lucas 3rd season with Liverpool and this year he has started 20 games with a 7.09 average rating.

Northwood_DK

12-20-2009, 04:42 AM

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Date: Sat 30 / 01 / 2010
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League leaders Liverpool should record an easy home win against Sunderland, according to Sky Bet (Liverpool: 2-5 Draw: 11-4 Sunderland: 13-2). Liverpool are currently on a nine match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 1st place in the English Premier Division. Sunderland have been performing above expectations in the English Premier Division so far this season and find themselves in 12th place.

Blackpool have made an offer worth £14,000 plus future incentives for young Danish GK Martin Hansen. Exeter are rumoured to be interested in the player. Liverpool Chairman Tom Hicks feels this offer was too good to refuse and has decided to take matters into his own hands by accepting this transfer bid on behalf of the management.
This is bad news for manager Tom Northwood who had just promoted Hansen from the reserves to the first team after the sale of Diego Cavalieri to Inter.
This move will likely open the door for Jason Steele who just arrived from Middlesbrough earlier this week.

Chelsea’s troubles continues. Today the only managed to come away with 1 point after a 1-1 draw with Wigan. The team is still badly hit by injuries and once again had to bring up and give debut to a youngster on the central midfield.
With fourteen teams in action and 28 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Turf Moor where a crowd of 22516 witnessed Burnley's heavy 1 - 4 defeat against Man Utd. The highlight of that match was Brian Easton scoring his first ever goal for Burnley.
Elsewhere, a hat-trick from James Vaughan inspired a win for the away side during Fulham's 2 - 4 defeat against Everton and Salif Diao scored the pick of the goals in Stoke's 4 - 3 victory over Portsmouth with a placed shot from close range.

Northwood_DK

12-21-2009, 10:19 AM

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Date: Sun 31 / 01 / 2010
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Liverpool 1 - 0 Sunderland (Premier Division)
Liverpool have extended their unbeaten record in the Premier Division to ten games following their 1 - 0 result against Sunderland. Liverpool showed their superiority in a 1 - 0 victory over Sunderland during their English Premier Division game at Anfield, but they could and should have scored more.
An error from Michael Turner allowed striker Fernando Torres to score a well timed close range finish. The match was remarkable for the number of fouls committed by Liverpool, who seemed more concerned with disrupting the flow of the game than playing it.
Fernando Torres played well during Liverpool's 1 - 0 English Premier Division victory over Sunderland this afternoon, according to The People, but in truth Liverpool could and should have won by more.
Torres' pace and skill on the ball was a constant threat to the Sunderland defence and the striker thoroughly deserved his goal.
Attendance: 45362
Liverpool Man of the Match: Fernando Torres (7.5)

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PSV's Michael Dingsdag is said to be very happy at having agreed terms with Liverpool today.
Dingsdag revealed that he was really enthusiastic about the prospect of moving to such a well-supported club. The £5,000,000 deal taking PSV's Michael Dingsdag to Liverpool can now be completed. Michael Dingsdag is hopeful he will be able to play an influential role at his new club.
The 27 year old central defender told journalists that he was delighted to have become a part of such a big club and hoped he could repay the faith shown in him by new manager Thomas Northwood.
Dingsdag will properly get a chance to play right away as the Liverpool defends is hard hit by injury.

The two first games of the African Nations Cup quarter finals was played today. Ivory Coast got the 1-0 win over Morocco with Liverpool player Nabil El Zhar on the team. The only goal of the game was scored on a penalty. In the second game of the day Guinea and Nigeria played 2-2 in the regular game and after penalty’s Guinea moved on to the next round.

Northwood_DK

12-21-2009, 11:56 AM

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Date: Mon 01 / 02 / 2010
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The Liverpool board are pleased with Tom Northwood’s management of the team. This has been underlined by the fans' delight at Liverpool's convincing 4 - 1 English Premier Division victory over Everton. Despite the positives, the fans are disappointed at Liverpool's English Premier Division 1 - 1 draw with Portsmouth.

The club recorded a loss of £10.49M last month.
Monthly Turnover: £16.17M
Previous Month: £7.5M
Main Income: Players Sold £8.62M
Monthly Expenditure: £26.67M
Previous Month: £14.78M
Main Expenditure: Players Bought £9.35M

Key days for Liverpool in February
1.2.2010 - End of English transfer window
1.2.2010 - European Champions Cup squad registration
6.2.2010 - Liverpool v Wigan (Premier Division)
9.2.2010 - Man City v Liverpool (Premier Division)
13.2.2010 - English FA Cup Fifth Round
17.2.2010 - Liverpool v R. Madrid (Champions Cup)
20.2.2010 - Liverpool v Tottenham (Premier Division)
27.2.2010 - Wolves v Liverpool (Premier Division)

Birmingham City's winger James O'Shea has wowed his home fans at St. Andrews this month with his impressive performances and has duly won the English Premier Division Young Player of the Month. The 21 year old right midfielder has really shown everyone what a good player he is with his past four appearances.
There was nothing to choose between the top three and the award could easily have gone to either Liverpool's Emiliano Insúa or Micah Richards from Man City, who came second and third respectively.
Manchester City's Mark Hughes has won the English Premier Division Manager of the Month award. The award panel made their decision after the Citizens boss guided his team to victory in all four of their league games this month.

(PRM) Man City 3 - 0 Portsmouth (9th Jan)
(PRM) Man City 4 - 0 West Ham (16th Jan)
(PRM) Man City 3 - 0 Blackburn (27th Jan)
(PRM) Man City 4 - 1 Birmingham (30th Jan)

Man Utd's Alex Ferguson came in just behind Hughes in second place with Thomas Northwood of Liverpool rounding off the top three.

There was a light mood among the players at the Liverpool training today. Not only could they welcome new signing Michael Dingsdag to his first training with his new club but they could also celebrate being back in first place in the EPL. After Chelsea only got one point from Wigan Liverpool moved ahead in the standing with the win over Sunderland and even have a game less played.

The last two quarter finals in the African Nations Cup has been played. Ghana moved on with a 2-1 win over Uganda and Mali also booked a place in the semi finals with a 1-0 win over Tunisia.

Northwood_DK

12-21-2009, 01:39 PM

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Date: Tue 02 / 02 / 2010
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Blackpool have made an offer to loan Liverpool's Nabil El Zhar for 3 months. Blackpool feel the player would become a valuable member of the first-team. El Zhar signed for league leaders Liverpool in 2006 and started 15 games for the first team last season. This year he has only started two games. The last few weeks he have spent with his national team Marocco playing in the Africa Nations Cup. With Liverpool recently signing two new midfielders it was not a surprise that they accepted the loan offer from Blackpool where Nabil El Zhar will hopefully see regular playing time.
Liverpool's Daniel Agger has told an official supporters' club website that Nabil El Zhar's loan move to Blackpool is exactly what his team-mate needs. The 23 year-old right winger is not part of the first-team plans at Anfield this season and Agger firmly believes this loan opportunity with Blackpool will do wonders for El Zhar's confidence and fitness.

A quiet English transfer window was briefly stirred by Arsenal and Liverpool who caused a few talking points with their new recruits.
Arsenal signed centre-back Matthew Upson in a £4.21M deal from West Ham while Liverpool bought centre-back Michael Dingsdag for £5M from PSV. Meanwhile, Yeovil were the most active team during the window, strengthening their squad with no less than four players.

Northwood_DK

12-22-2009, 01:26 PM

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Date: Wed 03 / 02 / 2010
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Dave Galley has reported that there are still a few injury problems persisting within the Liverpool squad.
Sotiris Kyrgiakos (gashed upper leg) and Jamie Carragher (twisted knee) are very close to a return to full fitness and could be ready for the English Premier Division match against Wigan on Saturday and the English Reserves Group 2 match against Blackburn Reserves on Wednesday. Andriy Voronin (broken collarbone) is also close to a return and should soon be available for selection.
Martin Skrtel (strained knee ligaments) and Philipp Degen (pulled hamstring) are still a couple of weeks away from returning to full training and the English Premier Division match against Tottenham on Saturday 20th February could be considered a realistic target for a possible return.

Northwood_DK

12-23-2009, 02:44 PM

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Date: Thu 04 / 02 / 2010
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Liverpool's Jamie Carragher has returned to full training. The thirty-two year old central defender had been out of contention for 13 days following a knee injury.
Carragher, who is valued at £5.5M, currently has 17 months remaining on his £90K p/w deal at Anfield. It’s still unclear if Carragher will be in the starting line up in the game against Wigan this coming Saturday.

The young player attracting the most interest at this transfer window was Yacine Brahimi. The 19-year old France talent decided to make the move to Barcelona. The Catalan club had to pay £5.25mil for the young attacking midfielder. He will start out at the clubs B-team in the second Spanish division B.

The two teams for the African Nations Cup final have been found. Mali surprised a lot of people beating the Ivory Coast. The opponent in the final will be Ghana.

Northwood_DK

12-23-2009, 03:37 PM

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Date: Fri 05 / 02 / 2010
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League leaders Liverpool are sure-fire favourites (Liverpool: 1-6 Draw: 5-1 Wigan: 10-1) to overwhelm Wigan in what should be a comfortable home encounter for the Reds, according to Sky Bet. Liverpool have notched up three straight wins and the title contenders occupy 1st place in the English Premier Division. Wigan are currently 16th in the English Premier Division.
Wigan play a defensive 4-2-3-1 formation and often look to draw the opposition onto them before attempting a counter-attack. Martínez likes his teams to play possession football and Wigan will look to get the ball down and play it.
Wigan will proberly look to use the aerial power of right midfielder Xabi Prieto against Liverpool and they must try to cut off the supply to him.

Northwood_DK

12-26-2009, 07:04 AM

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Date: Sat 06 / 02 / 2010
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Liverpool 2 - 0 Wigan Athletic (Premier Division)
Liverpool enjoyed near total domination over a distinctly average Wigan Athletic side at Anfield this afternoon. Things did not get off to a good start for Wigan as striker Fernando Torres seized on an error by Sergey Krivets to score a powerful effort. Liverpool also saw their 17th minute strike questionably chalked off. Torres completed the scoring for Liverpool with a placed shot on 54 minutes.
Fernando Torres pick up the man of the match award and the Spanish international has been in lethal form for Liverpool this season, leading the club's scoring charts with twenty-one goals in thirty-two appearances.
Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin feels the fans are pleased with Liverpool's 2 - 0 English Premier Division victory over Wigan. Emiliano Insúa and Fernando Torres particularly impressed.
Liverpool have notched up four straight wins and the title contenders occupy 1st place in the English Premier Division.
Attendance: 45362
Liverpool Man of the Match: Fernando Torres (8.4)

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Guinea today took home 3rd place in the African Cup of Nations after a 3-2 win over Ivory Coast. Just after the game Vahid Halilhodzic was sacked following a less than impressive performance by Ivory Coast. Halilhodzic has forged himself an extensive footballing CV in his managerial career, which stretches back some 20 years. Velez Mostar, Raja Casablanca, LOSC Lille Métropole, Stade Rennais FC and four other teams have employed the 57 year-old.
The other national manager to have parted company with his employer is Paul Le Guen, formerly in charge of Cameroon.

Northwood_DK

12-27-2009, 04:26 AM

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Date: Sun 07 / 02 / 2010
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With ten matches played and 27 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at St. Andrews where a crowd of 18521 witnessed a shock result during Birmingham's 3 - 2 victory over Tottenham. The highlight being a landmark goal for Birmingham's Martin Taylor. It was Birmingham's second win in this years Premier League and also the first time this season they score 3 goals in a EPL game. Elsewhere, Gabby Agbonlahor scored a screamer from the edge of the area during Man Utd's 2 - 1 victory over Aston Villa and 41331 watched Chelsea loss another step in the hunt for the division title when they only managed a 0-0 draw at home against Manchester City.
Everton who had a great start to the season and who was the closest contender to Liverpool and Chelsea or a long time is suddenly in trouble. The team has only won one of there last six games and has suddenly fallen to 7th in the standing. They are now in serious risk of missing out on play in Europe next season if the don’t manage to stop the bleeding.

It took extra time for them to get there but after 120 minutes of play Mali for the first time in tournament history could lift the trophy for the African Nations Cup. The final result was 4-2 in a game where Ghana both missed a penalty and had there captain sent off before Mail scored two goals deep in OT. Frèdèric Kanoutè continued his great run in the tournament and scored two of the goals in the final. He finished the tournament with 7 goals and was one of just 3 players to average over 8.0 pr game.

Northwood_DK

12-28-2009, 09:33 AM

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Date: Mon 08 / 02 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool take on Man City
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Manchester City are slight underdogs (Man City: 13-8 Draw: 2-1 Liverpool: 6-4) in what should prove a tightly contested affair against league leaders Liverpool, according to Sky Bet. Liverpool have notched up four straight wins and the title contenders occupy 1st place in the English Premier Division. Man City are currently lying in 4th place in the English Premier Division.
Man City plays a defensive 4-4-2 formation and often look to draw the opposition onto them before attempting a counter-attack. The pitch at The City Of Manchester Stadium is long which will favour teams playing a direct style. If defenders push up there will be a lot of space to exploit in behind them for the quicker players to take advantage of.
Hughes likes his teams to play possession football and Man City will look to get the ball down and play it. They benefit from a strong and organised defence and this could prove difficult to break down. Their midfield are good on the ball and can create chances. Lastly, we will need to make plans for their forwards as they are strong and quick. Striker Carlos Tevez will need to be watched carefully as he has the ability to be a match winner.

Northwood_DK

12-31-2009, 07:05 AM

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Date: Tue 09 / 02 / 2010
Headline: Man City come close to upset
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Manchester City 0 - 0 Liverpool (Premier Division)
Liverpool were simply outclassed by Manchester City at The City Of Manchester Stadium on this evening. Liverpool were carved open a number of times but despite the ability of their opponents to create chances, they struggled to put them away.
Attendance: 47405
Liverpool Man of the Match: José Manuel Reina (7.4)

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Liverpool doctor Dave Galley has reported that striker Dirk Kuyt has suffered a torn calf muscle after chasing the ball during the match against Man City. Galley advises that Kuyt will be treated by the club's physios. It is likely that Kuyt will be out for between 3 months and 4 months whilst he is treated. This will likely end Dirk Kuyts season and also put his place in the Dutch world cup squad in danger.
Dave Galley also reported that central defender Jamie Carragher has suffered a twisted knee after twisting sharply during the match against Man City. Galley advises you that Carragher will be treated by the club's physios. It is likely that Carragher will be out for between 12 days and 2 weeks whilst he is treated.
And finally Dave Galley has reported that central defender Daniel Agger has sustained a thigh strain after miskicking the ball during the match against Man City. Galley advises you that a thigh strain can either be treated by the club's physios or managed by injections.
Manager Tom Northwood has together with Daniel Agger already decided that he is to be treated at Liverpool by the club's physios. He will likely be out for between 9 days and 11 days.
Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin believes the fans are disappointed with Liverpool's English Premier Division 0 - 0 draw with Man City. David N'Gog in particular was singled out as having underperformed.

Thomas Northwood appeared in an equivocal mood as he met journalists in the wake of Liverpool's English Premier Division 0 - 0 draw with Man City.
A journalist from skysports.com chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "Man City are a team you should be beating comfortably and yet they have matched Liverpool today. Are you happy with your team's performance?"
Northwood's response was, "There's positives in this performance despite the result." After the press conference Tom Northwood expressed surprise that not more emphasises was put on the injury trouble Liverpool is now facing.

Northwood_DK

12-31-2009, 10:37 AM

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Date: Wed 10 / 02 / 2010
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With twenty teams in action and 21 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Craven Cottage where a crowd of 25661 witnessed a shock result during Fulham's 1 - 0 victory over Man Utd.
Elsewhere, Antonio Cassano scored a long range effort which took a deflection during Tottenham's 0 - 1 defeat against Chelsea and 42640 watched Aston Villa's 1 - 3 defeat against Arsenal where Robin van Persie scored the pick of the goals with a powerful effort.

Liverpool have extended their unbeaten record in the Premier Division to twelve games following their 0 - 0 result against Manchester City. Winning the league title is getting closer and closer to becoming a reality for The Reds. They have looked unbeatable recently and must be confident that they will still be top of the league when the season draws to a close.
Reina has now played 347 minutes without conceding a goal.

Liverpool's Jamie Carragher has told icLiverpool.co.uk of his disappointment that he will miss the European Champions Cup First Knockout Round against Real Madrid C.F. on February 17th through injury. Instead of taking to the field against Los Merengues, Carragher will be forced to watch his team-mates from the stands.

Northwood_DK

01-01-2010, 10:01 AM

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Date: Thu 11 / 02 / 2010
Headline: Getting ready for Real
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Just one week before Liverpool’s first game against Real Madrid in the Champions Leagues first knockout round the Reds need to completely rebuild the centre defends after Jamie Carragher and properly also Daniel Agger has been ruled out due to injury. This is a hard blow for the English title contender in an already difficult match against the Spanish league leaders.
To make matters even worse they will also be without Dirk Kuyt who suffered a torn calf muscle earlier this week. Kuyt had been a positive surprise on the Liverpool team this season. When Tom Northwood took over as manager before season start it was speculated if Dirk Kuyt was possible on the way out. Instead he picked up his game and has been a solid contributor on the right side of the midfield all season.
It’s speculated if Liverpool will move Steven Gerrard out to the right and instead use Alberto Aquilani or Mauro Formica as attacking midfielder.

Northwood_DK

01-01-2010, 02:38 PM

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Week: 7
Date: Fri 12 / 02 / 2010
Headline: FA Cup 5th Rnd preview
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The odds are firmly stacked against Coca-Cola Championship side Bristol City (Bristol City: 4-1 Draw: 5-2 Liverpool: 4-7) in what should prove a difficult home encounter against league leaders Liverpool, according to Sky Bet. Bristol City beat AFC Bournemouth and Charlton Athletic whilst Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest and Barnsley to get this far.
The Robins supporters will know that they are unlikely to see an upset.

The most interesting aspect of this game will be to see what players Liverpool will start in the defensive line as they are likely also the starters in next week Champions League game against Real Madrid.

Northwood_DK

01-02-2010, 04:19 AM

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Week: 7
Date: Sat 13 / 02 / 2010
Headline: Lucky Liverpool turn in lacklustre performance
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Bristol City 1 - 3 Liverpool (FA Cup 5th Rnd)
Liverpool achieved a fortunate victory after their team was outfought and outplayed by plucky Bristol City. A brace from Nikola Saric helped Liverpool to victory.
Midfielder Marvin Elliott got Bristol City off to a flyer by scoring a powerful effort which deflected in on 10 minutes. That was after Liverpool’s David N'Gog had two goals cancelled in the first 10 minutes for offside. Striker David N'Gog then equalised for Liverpool in the 29th minute with a placed shot from close range.
Young striker Nikola Saric then put the away side in front after 31 minutes with a well timed close range finish. Saric completed the scoring for Liverpool with a placed shot on 54 minutes.
The team were expected to qualify and now having sealed their place in the next round, fans can look forward to who they may be drawn against. Liverpool will have to face the likes of Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal if they are to go all the way and win the FA Cup. Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin feels the fans are pleased with Liverpool's 3 - 1 English FA Cup Fifth Round victory over Bristol City.
José Manuel Reina, Nikola Saric and David N'Gog particularly impressed.
The victory keeps the team in with a chance of achieving their minimum aim of reaching the Final of the FA Cup.
Attendance: 19500
Liverpool Man of the Match: Nikola Saric (8.4)

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Dave Galley has reported that central defender Michael Dingsdag has suffered a pulled hamstring after chasing the ball during the match against Bristol City. Galley advises that Dingsdag will be treated by the club's physios. It is likely that Dingsdag will be out for between 2 weeks and 3 weeks whilst he is treated. This will only add to Liverpool’s injury problems at defends.

Maybe Liverpool’s 0-0 result against form strong Man City earlier this week was not so bad. The blue team from Manchester is in striking form and today beat Aston Villa handily 5-1.

Northwood_DK

01-02-2010, 11:54 AM

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Week: 7
Date: Sun 14 / 02 / 2010
Headline: FA Cup provides no shocks
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Football enthusiasts looking to the English FA Cup Fifth Round for potential upsets were left empty-handed as there were none to be found in yesterday’s matches. Chelsea overcame Wolves in a result which reflected the general theme of the round. Manchester United are also through to the Sixth Round as they beat Premier Division team Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. Elsewhere, there were wins for Fulham, Arsenal, Wigan Athletic and Liverpool.

A display of attacking football saw Nikola Saric pick up the man of the match award during Liverpool's 3 - 1 English FA Cup Fifth Round victory over Bristol City yesterday afternoon.
Saric had the quality to put the Bristol City defence to the sword and finished the match with two goals. Saric, 19, arrived at Anfield from Danish club HB Køge for a fee of £900K in 2008. This was Nikola Sarics first ever game on the first team and it left a lot of people excited to what to expect from the young player in the future.

Liverpool's Philipp Degen has returned to full training. The twenty-six year old right-back had been out of contention for 3 weeks following a thigh injury. The ex-Dortmund player signed for league leaders Liverpool on a free transfer in 2008.

Portsmouth takeover on the rocks. Discussions regarding Portsmouth's takeover are rumoured to be going badly. According to skysports.com, talks between Portsmouth chairman Sulaiman Al-Fahim and director Peter Storrie have run into difficulties over the valuation of the club.

Northwood_DK

01-02-2010, 02:38 PM

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Week: 8
Date: Mon 15 / 02 / 2010
Headline: English FA Cup Sixth Round draw
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Liverpool will play Arsenal in the English FA Cup Sixth Round. The game will be played at Anfield on Saturday 6th March 2010. Liverpool and Arsenal have played each other three times in previous finals of the competition, with Liverpool winning their last encounter in 2001.
The other matches in the 6th round is:
West Ham – Fulham
Wigan – Middlesbrough
Chelsea – Manchester U

London businessman Peter Storrie has ended his interest in taking over Portsmouth, according to worldsoccer.com. Storrie had been in talks with the Pompey outfit but his proposal has been rejected by the Portsmouth chairman Sulaiman Al-Fahim.
With the talks having been close to breakdown in recent days, the collapse of the takeover will not really have come as any great surprise.

Northwood_DK

01-03-2010, 05:16 AM

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Week: 8
Date: Tue 16 / 02 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool getting ready for Real Madrid
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Liverpool fans are gearing up to welcome R. Madrid fans ahead of their European Champions League First Knockout Round First Leg clash. The hosts are slight favourites for the match and supporters will be hoping their side can make their perceived advantage count.
Liverpool will be looking to take advantage of having the first leg at home by putting themselves in as strong a position as possible.

Martin Skrtel has begun full training following his knee injury. If this gives him time to get ready for the Champions League game against Real Madrid is a huge question mark. Skrtel, 25, arrived at Anfield from Zenit for a fee of £6M in 2007.

The first four games of the Champions League first knock out stage was played this evening. Juventus totally dominated Besiktas in Turkey but still only managed a 1-1 draw. Juan Roman Riquelme had his worst game of the season (4.4 rating) while Diego (Juve) won man of the match (7.9).
Inter got an easy win in Germany against Bayern Munich. The final result was 3-1 in a game where Bayern had Martín Demichelis sent off in the second half.
Hulk scored a goal but Lyon still won 2-1 at home over Porto.
At Ibrox Stadium Man United humiliated Glasgow Rangers with a 4-0 win. Two goals by Wayne Rooney put him back on the top (tie) of the goal score list in this years Champions League with a total of 8.

Northwood_DK

01-03-2010, 09:42 AM

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Week: 8
Date: Wed 17 / 02 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool fortunate to beat R. Madrid
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Liverpool 3 - 2 Real Madrid C.F. (Champions League 1st Knockout Rnd)
Liverpool recorded a somewhat fortuitous win over Real Madrid C.F. on a fine spring evening at Anfield. A brace from David N'Gog helped Liverpool to victory.
Striker Gonzalo Higuaín got R. Madrid off to a flyer by scoring a placed shot on 10 minutes. An error from Fábio Aurélio allowed R. Madrid captain Raúl to score a well timed close range finish. Striker David N'Gog pulled one back for Liverpool after 47 minutes with a fine header from point-blank range.
Striker David N'Gog then equalised for Liverpool in the 49th minute with a well timed close range finish. Striker Fernando Torres then clinched a late winner for the home side on 83 minutes with a curling shot from the edge of the area.
Attendance: 44335
Liverpool Man of the Match: David N'Gog (8.4)

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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has heaped praise upon manager Thomas Northwood after their team's thrilling 3 - 2 win over Real Madrid C.F. Gerrard claimed that it was Northwood's words at half-time that inspired the team to overturn the deficit and emerge victorious at the final whistle.
Tom Northwood found the praise from Gerrard funny as Northwood admitted to almost completely blowing the game for Liverpool at halftime.
After the game is was revealed that Tom Northwood was only second away from replacing David N'Gog, who went on to score two goals in the second half, with another midfielder at halftime. The substitute card was already turned over to the referee when Northwood changed his mind in the last second.
N'Gog had played a bad first half and after being outplayed in the first half Tom Northwood was afraid of being humiliated at home by Real Madrid in the second half.

Northwood_DK

01-04-2010, 12:52 PM

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Week: 8
Date: Thu 18 / 02 / 2010
Headline: Champions League Update
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David N'Gog had a fine game yesterday evening during Liverpool's 3 - 2 European Champions Cup First Knockout Round First Leg victory over R. Madrid but it was a tight match that could really have gone either way. N'Gog had the quality to put the Real Madrid C.F. defence to the sword and finished the match with two goals. N'Gog has made thirty appearances for Liverpool so far this season, scoring sixteen goals.
Elsewhere, Lionel Messi scored a placed shot during Barcelona's 1 - 0 victory over Chelsea and 47309 watched Fiorentina's 1 - 1 draw with Sevilla where Luís Fabiano scored the pick of the goals with a powerful effort from the edge of the area.

Javier Mascherano has picked up an automatic one match ban after collecting 3 yellow cards. The ban will apply for all European club competitions. Javier Mascherano has told Sporting Life of his disappointment that he will miss the European Champions Cup First Knockout Round against Real Madrid C.F. on March 9th through suspension. Instead of taking to the field against Los Merengues, Mascherano will be forced to watch his team-mates from the stands.

Northwood_DK

01-04-2010, 12:53 PM

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Week: 8
Date: Fri 19 / 02 / 2010
Headline: LFC getting ready for Tottenham
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League leaders Liverpool have been touted as comfortable favourites (Liverpool: 1-2 Draw: 13-5 Tottenham: 9-2) but will have to be wary about complacency when taking on Tottenham, according to Sky Bet.
Liverpool are currently on a twelve match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 1st place in the English Premier Division. Tottenham are currently lying in 9th place in the English Premier Division.

Thomas Northwood was not giving much away as he met journalists ahead of Liverpool's match against Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier Division.
A journalist from BBC Radio 5 live chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "Your response suggests you have confidence in your players. What do you consider to be your strongest area of the team?"
Northwood's response was, "I am fully confident that all areas of the team are strong and up for the challenge."
It is thought that the Liverpool squad should react well to Northwood's handling of the question.

Northwood_DK

01-07-2010, 03:21 PM

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Week: 8
Date: Sat 20 / 02 / 2010
Headline: The streak is over
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Liverpool 0 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur (Premier Division)
Just three days after Liverpool beat on of the world’s best team’s home at Anfield, Tottenham Hotspur upset the odds with a surprise victory over Liverpool. Striker Roman Pavlyuchenko gave Tottenham the lead with a placed shot in the 38th minute.
Liverpool were often prevented from playing as they wanted to due to the number of fouls committed by their enthusiastic opponents.
Liverpool loss were their first defeat in the Premier Division for thirteen games. Losing had looked unlikely for The Reds in recent games and the league title looked like a certainty, however their recent loss should serve as a reminder that there is still time to blow the title.
Attendance: 45232
Liverpool Man of the Match: Emiliano Insúa (7.3)

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Northwood_DK

01-07-2010, 03:24 PM

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Week: 8
Date: Sun 21 / 02 / 2010
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With a 3-2 win over Stoke, Birmingham moved out of last place for the first time since the start of the season. The team has won two of the last three games and now stands with 15 points for the year. That’s two more then Burnley who is the new bottom feeder in the EPL. Both teams still got a lot of work to do to avoid relegation as Birmingham still got 10 points up to the relegation line.
With eight teams in action and 12 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Old Trafford where a crowd of 76212 witnessed Man Utd's convincing 3 - 0 victory over Everton. Elsewhere, Theo Walcott scored a placed shot during Arsenal's 1 - 1 draw with Fulham and 17649 watched Portsmouth's 0 - 2 defeat against Aston Villa where Emile Heskey scored the pick of the goals with a well timed close range finish.

Northwood_DK

01-09-2010, 05:37 AM

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Week: 9
Date: Mon 22 / 02 / 2010
Headline: Carragher back in training
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Liverpool's Jamie Carragher has returned to full training. The thirty-two year old central defender had been out of contention for 13 days following a knee injury.
Carragher, who is valued at £5.25M, currently has 16 months remaining on his £90K p/w deal at Anfield.
Martin Kelly (twisted ankle) is close to a return to full fitness and should soon be available for selection.
Michael Dingsdag (pulled hamstring) is still a couple of weeks away from returning to full training and the English Premier Division match against Stoke on Monday 15th March could be considered a realistic target for a possible return.
Dirk Kuyt (torn calf muscle) is our only long-term injury and it will still be a while before we can think about setting a realistic return date for him.

Northwood_DK

01-09-2010, 05:47 AM

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Week: 9
Date: Tue 23 / 02 / 2010
Headline:
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Week: 9
Date: Wed 24 / 02 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool Reserves update
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Coach John McMahon was present as Liverpool Reserves suffered defeat against Sunderland Reserves at The Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground this evening. McMahon commented on Steve Irwin's performance during the match. The central midfielder made a crucial header to start a delightful attacking move.
Liverpool Reserves are currently lying in 7th place in the English Reserves Group 2.

Northwood_DK

01-09-2010, 05:48 AM

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Week: 9
Date: Thu 25 / 02 / 2010
Headline: Preston North End looking for new manager
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Due to reports that the players have lost confidence in Alan Irvine, Preston North End chairman Derek Shaw has decided to install a new manager at the club. Irvine's contract has been terminated with immediate effect. Preston will now be looking for a new manager.
Speculation as to Irvine's successor at Deepdale is rife, with Preston North End assistant manager Robert Kelly being touted by the media as the favourite to get the nod. Stuart Gray, Roy McFarland and Dean Glover have also been linked with the position at Deepdale.

Northwood_DK

01-12-2010, 03:25 PM

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Week: 9
Date: Fri 26 / 02 / 2010
Headline: Wolves next for Liverpool
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The odds are firmly stacked against Wolves in what should prove a difficult home encounter against league contenders Liverpool, according to Sky Bet (Wolves: 9-2 Draw: 13-5 Liverpool: 1-2). Following Liverpool's 0 - 1 English Premier Division defeat against Tottenham last Saturday, Northwood's side are currently 2nd in the Premier Division with 60 points from 27 matches.
Wolves are currently 17th in the English Premier Division.

Liverpool’s David Moss watched Wolves' heavy 0 - 3 English Premier Division defeat against Chelsea last Saturday and noted that Wolves play a defensive 4-1-4-1 formation and often look to draw the opposition onto them before attempting a counter-attack. The pitch at Molineux is narrow, which will suit teams who play predominantly through the middle. Wide players will struggle to make an impact. McCarthy likes his teams to play possession football and Wolves will look to get the ball down and play it. Finally, it will be important to defend deep or use fast defenders as their attacking pace may cause problems.
Moss warns that Wolves have a technically gifted player in Nenad Milijas and we should look to limit the central midfielder's creativity.

Northwood_DK

01-12-2010, 04:10 PM

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Week: 9
Date: Sat 27 / 02 / 2010
Headline: One-sided result for Liverpool in Premier Division fixture
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 4 Liverpool (Premier Division)
Liverpool pulled off a 4 - 0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux in their latest English Premier Division match. Full-back Martin Olsson was left red-faced in the 5th minute as he managed hard pressed by Torres to put the ball into his own net. Striker Fernando Torres then doubled Liverpool's lead with a well timed close range finish on 15 minutes.
Lucas scored with a curling shot from the edge of the area in the 19th minute to extend the lead further. And finally Gerrard scored from the penalty spot after Olsson gave away a penalty.
Attendance: 29303
Liverpool Man of the Match: Lucas (8.4)

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With ten teams in action and 14 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Britannia Stadium where a crowd of 27500 witnessed Stoke's 2 - 2 draw with Chelsea. Elsewhere, 35784 watched Tottenham's 1 - 1 draw with Wigan where Wilson Palacios scored the pick of the goals with a real poacher's effort.

Sammy Lee appeared in good spirits as he met journalists in the wake of Liverpool's convincing 4 - 0 English Premier Division victory over Wolves. A journalist from BBC Radio 5 live chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "Martin Olsson had a terrible game for Wolves today. Surely you must have enjoyed seeing Olsson* falter?"
Lee's response was, "Not at all, it helped us but it's never nice to see someone struggle like that."

*This is the worst performance I have seen so fare in FM10. When Martin Olsson was substituted after 66 minutes he had made an own goal and committed a penalty and went to the locker-room with a 3.4 rating!!

Northwood_DK

01-13-2010, 06:43 AM

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Week: 9
Date: Sun 28 / 02 / 2010
Headline: Parise for Lucas & City wins a title
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A display of attacking football saw Lucas pick up the man of the match award during Liverpool's convincing 4 - 0 English Premier Division victory over Wolves yesterday evening.
Lucas put in an impressive performance for Liverpool and his goal will have been the icing on the cake for the central midfielder. Lucas has been in superb form for Liverpool so far this season, contributing six goals and seven assists in thirty-five appearances.
Tom Northwood believes that Lucas have been one of the key reasons why the team have done so well this season. With the loss of Xabi Alonso before the season it was unclear who could fill out his role on the defensive midfield. Lucas have stepped up from day one and not missed a beat since and the absent of Alonso has hardly been noticeable.

One of today’s good match up was between surprise team Bolton who is holding on to a top-10 finish in the EPL and Man U who is fighting to catch up to the two frontrunners Liverpool and Chelsea. At Reebok Stadium a crowd of 27723 witnessed Bolton's 2 - 1 victory over Man Utd.
The other big game today is of cause the final between Man C and Everton in the English League Cup. The game was decided one minute in to overtime when Robinho scored the wining goal for Man City. That gave City a 3-2 win and there first League Cup win since 1976.

Northwood_DK

01-13-2010, 01:43 PM

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Date: Mon 01 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Premier League Team of the Week
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José Manuel Reina, Albert Riera and Lucas were selected in the English Premier League Team of the Week first eleven. Liverpool's full-back Emiliano Insúa has wowed the fans at Anfield this month with some outstanding performances and has duly won the English Premier Division Young Player of the Month. With not much to choose between the top three, Birmingham's James O'Shea took second place and James Tomkins of West Ham came third.
The full-back has impressed for The Reds over the past month with a series of decent performances. It’s not just this month he has played good. Before the season most experts had Fábio Aurélio as the number one left back for Liverpool this season but Emiliano Insúa have been the clear number one for almost the entire season and kept the 30-year veteran on the bench.

6.3.2010 - Liverpool v Arsenal (FA Cup)
9.3.2010 - R. Madrid v Liverpool (Champions League)
15.3.2010 - Liverpool v Stoke (Premier Division)
20.3.2010 - Hull v Liverpool (Premier Division)
23.3.2010 - Denmark Under 21s v England Under 21s (Euro U21 Ch'ship Quals)
24.3.2010 - Arsenal v Liverpool (Premier Division)
27.3.2010 - Liverpool v Burnley (Premier Division)
30.3.2010 - European Champions League Quarter Final

Northwood_DK

01-14-2010, 10:29 AM

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Week: 10
Date: Tue 02 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool board are pleased
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To summarise, the Liverpool board are pleased with Tom Northwood’s management of the team. This has been underlined by the fans' joy at Liverpool's 3 - 1 English Premier Division victory over Chelsea. Despite the positives, the fans are still disappointed at Liverpool's English Premier Division 0 - 0 draw with Man City.

The club recorded a loss of £6.1M last month.

Monthly Turnover: £8.07M
Previous Month: £16.17M
Main Income: Gate Receipts £3.16M
Monthly Expenditure: £14.18M
Previous Month: £26.67M
Main Expenditure: Player Wages £3.98M

Dave Galley has announced that the Liverpool squad is close to a clean bill of health. Michael Dingsdag (pulled hamstring) is very close to a return to full fitness and could be ready for the English FA Cup Sixth Round match against Arsenal on Saturday. Dirk Kuyt (torn calf muscle) is our only long-term injury and it will still be a while before we can think about setting a realistic return date for him.

Northwood_DK

01-14-2010, 10:56 AM

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Week: 10
Date: Wed 03 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Michael Dingsdag back in practice
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Liverpool's Michael Dingsdag has returned to full training. The twenty-seven year old central defender had been out of contention for 3 weeks following a thigh injury.
The new Liverpool signing has already made it known in recent days that he is pleased to be part of the setup at Anfield.

Stephen Sama has put pen to paper on a 2 year contract at Liverpool worth around £120,000. He indicated that he was delighted to have signed a new deal for the club of his dreams. The 17-year old German signed for league leaders Liverpool in 2009 and is the second highest valued player on Liverpools U18 roster only behind Adam Pepper.

Man City keeps up the pressure on Liverpool and Chelsea. Today City won 2-1 over Sunderland and moved in to 3rd spot one point in front of Man United but 8 back from the two front runners.

Northwood_DK

01-14-2010, 10:56 AM

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Week: 10
Date: Thu 04 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool gripped by FA Cup fever
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Liverpool's game against Arsenal in the English FA Cup is set to be a sell-out with supporters clamouring to see their team at Anfield. Over 45000 tickets are expected to be sold for the English FA Cup Sixth Round clash on Saturday. Liverpool chairman Tom Hicks stated that he hoped the club would get a capacity crowd for an unforgettable match of football at Anfield.
Liverpool fans are all set to welcome Arsenal fans to Liverpool for their English FA Cup Sixth Round match. The hosts are slight favourites for the match according to most pundits but will still need to turn in a strong performance if they are to beat Arsenal.
Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest, Barnsley and Bristol City whilst Arsenal beat Bolton Wanderers, Stoke City and Preston North End to get this far.

Northwood_DK

01-14-2010, 01:43 PM

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Week: 10
Date: Fri 05 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool face Arsenal in FA Cup clash
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League leaders Liverpool's home advantage gives them the edge (Liverpool: 5-4 Draw: 11-5 Arsenal: 7-4) in what should be a close encounter against Arsenal, according to Sky Bet.
Arsenal beat Bolton Wanderers, Stoke City and Preston North End whilst Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest, Barnsley and Bristol City to get this far.
The referee for the match will be Mark Clattenburg from Newcastle who has shown 5 yellow cards and no red cards in his two FA Cup games so far this season.
Liverpool might possible try to rest some players for this game as one of the biggest games of the season is coming up in just 3 days on the road in Madrid.
David Moss watched Arsenal's English Premier Division 0 - 0 draw with Everton last Wednesday and noted that Arsenal play a defensive 4-1-4-1 formation and often look to draw the opposition onto them before attempting a counter-attack. Wenger likes his teams to play possession football and Arsenal will look to get the ball down and play it. Their midfield are good on the ball and can create chances. Finally, it will be important to defend deep or use fast defenders as their attacking pace may cause problems. Moss believes that the skill of attacking midfielder Samir Nasri may necessitate playing an anchorman in midfield to help our defence.
Injured Players: Carlos Vela and Robin van Persie
Unavailable Players: Matthew Upson

Liverpool favourite Ian Rush has singled out central midfielder Cesc Fàbregas as the most influential Arsenal player for the forthcoming game, according to Sky Sports News. Rush declared that the Reds should get something out of this game provided they put the shackles on Arsenal's main attacking threat. Fàbregas has been in superb form for Arsenal so far this season, contributing three goals and eight assists in forty-three appearances.

Northwood_DK

01-14-2010, 01:53 PM

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Week: 10
Date: Sat 06 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Honours even at Anfield
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Liverpool 0 - 0 Arsenal (FA Cup 6th Rnd)
Liverpool were held to a draw by Arsenal in a close-fought FA Cup 6th Rnd match played at Anfield. The first incident of note was on 74 minutes as Arsenal were denied a penalty. Nicklas Bendtner believed that the referee had missed a blatant foul by Martin Skrtel in the box and that Arsenal should have been awarded a penalty. Arsenal boss Arsène Wenger was outraged after the game and, at the risk of incurring the wrath of the FA, criticised the decision at the post-match conference.
Liverpool were nearly handed the lead in the 85th minute through Philippe Senderos' lapse in concentration but failed to capitalise.
Liverpool were carved open a number of times but despite the ability of their opponents to create chances, they struggled to put them away.

Attendance: 45362

Liverpool Starting 11:
José Manuel Reina MOM (7.4)
Glen Johnson
Fábio Aurélio
Jamie Carragher (sub 45)
Martin Skrtel
Lucas
Javier Mascherano
Yossi Benayoun
Albert Riera
Steven Gerrard (c) (sub 77)
David N'Gog (sub 45)

Fernando Torres on 45
Stephen Darby on 45
Mauro Formica on 77

Northwood_DK

01-14-2010, 02:13 PM

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Week: 10
Date: Sun 07 / 03 / 2010
Headline: No upsets
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Football enthusiasts looking to the English FA Cup Sixth Round for potential upsets were left empty-handed as there were none to be found on this particular day. Man Utd overcame Chelsea in a result which reflected the general theme of the round. Elsewhere, a hat-trick from Alessandro Diamanti inspired a home win during underachieving West Ham's convincing 3 - 0 victory over Fulham and 22197 watched Wigan's 1 - 0 victory over Middlesbrough.

The Arsenal vs Liverpool English Premier Division match has been re-arranged for Wednesday 31st March 2010 due to the clash with the Arsenal vs Liverpool FA Cup match on Wednesday 24th March 2010.

Northwood_DK

01-14-2010, 03:34 PM

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Week: 11
Date: Mon 08 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool fans hopeful ahead of clash
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Liverpool are preparing for their second leg clash with R. Madrid in the Champions Cup. Fans of The Reds will be hoping their team can come through a tricky away leg but, with their team considered underdogs, they may be in for a long journey home. Liverpool will take a narrow lead to Santiago Bernabéu after their 3 - 2 first leg win.
David Moss watched R. Madrid's convincing 4 - 0 LIGA BBVA victory over Villarreal and notes that although R. Madrid lined up with a 4-4-2 formation last Saturday, they normally play 4-2-2-2.
R. Madrid don't play a particular passing style and like to mix it around a bit. They benefit from a strong and organised defence and this could prove difficult to break down. They are unlikely to pose an aerial threat so Liverpool should concentrate on preventing their strikers from receiving the ball to feet. R. Madrid are missing a lot of first-team players but the skill of right winger Cristiano Ronaldo will still be a threat that we will have to deal with.

Thomas Northwood appeared in an equivocal mood as he met journalists ahead of Liverpool's match against Real Madrid C.F. in the European Champions Cup First Knockout Round. A journalist from KiCK! Magazine chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "Liverpool will take a narrow lead to Santiago Bernabéu after their 3 - 2 first leg win. Your team secured a narrow first leg lead at home. Travelling away for the second leg, are you confident of a result?"
Northwood's response was, "We have an excellent chance."

Liverpool got a somewhat good draw for the semi finals of the FA cup and managed to avoid Man United. If Liverpool gets past Arsenal in the return match they will play Wigan in the semis. In the other semi final it will be Man United against Aston Villa

Northwood_DK

01-15-2010, 10:19 AM

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Week: 11
Date: Tue 09 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Honours even at Santiago Bernabéu
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Real Madrid C.F. 1 - 1 Liverpool (Champions League 1st Knockout Rnd)
Liverpool were held to a draw by Real Madrid C.F. in a close-fought Champions League 1st Knockout Rnd match played at Santiago Bernabéu.
Kaká had no trouble in scoring from the spot when Johnson conceded a penalty. Johnson finished the game with a horrible 4.6 overall rating but played a good game despite the penalty.
Striker Fernando Torres then equalised for Liverpool after 56 minutes with a real poacher's effort.
Liverpool therefore win 4 - 3 on aggregate.
After the game Tom Northwood was somewhat surprised about the way Real Madrid played. High ball in to the penalty box to Raul looked to be there plane. Daniel Agger and Jamie Carragher again totally dominated the air-space in the Liverpool arrear and Raul only won one of 15 headers.

Attendance: 74901

Liverpool Starting 11:

Name Inf.
José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson
Emiliano Insúa
Jamie Carragher (MOM: 7.5)
Daniel Agger
Steven Gerrard (c)
Yossi Benayoun (sub 79)
Lucas
Michael Dingsdag (sub 45)
Mauro Formica (sub 90)
Fernando Torres

Jason Steele
Fábio Aurélio (on 79)
Albert Riera
David N'Gog
Philipp Degen (on 90)
Steve Irwin (on 45)
Andriy Voronin

Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin feels the fans are pleased with Liverpool's 4 - 3 European Champions League First Knockout Round Second Leg aggregate win over R. Madrid.
Jamie Carragher and Fernando Torres particularly impressed. The result means the team can still achieve their minimum aim of reaching the Semi Final of the Champions League. Liverpool have been awarded £1,913,000 for playing in the European Champions League.

Brazil boss Dunga was seen at Santiago Bernabéu during R. Madrid's European Champions League First Knockout Round Second Leg against Liverpool. It is believed Dunga was casting an eye over the progress of Marcelo, Kaká and Lucas for his next Brazil squad.
The Argentina manager, Diego Maradona, was also spotted in the stands, with Emiliano Insúa and Fernando Gago thought to be the focus of his attention.

Barcelona have lost in the European Champions League First Knockout Round after a 2 - 1 aggregate defeat by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Los Culés were expected to be among the challengers for the Champions League and their exit may well have taken many by surprise.
Sporting CP also moved to the next round with a win over AC Milan. And finally Sevilla got a win over Fiorentina.

Northwood_DK

01-15-2010, 03:21 PM

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Week: 11
Date: Wed 10 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Champions Leagues update
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3 of the 4 home teams won in today’s Champions Leagues games and moved on to the next round. The two Italian teams Inter and Juventus is thru to the next round after wins over Bayern and Besiktas. Man U easily beat Rangers for a 5-0 win over the two legs. Only home team not to move on to the next round was Porto who lost 1-3 to Lyon over two games.

Northwood_DK

01-16-2010, 03:28 AM

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Week: 11
Date: Thu 11 / 03 / 2010
Headline: League news
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Tottenham have paid Stoke £475,000 as part of the Abdoulaye Faye transfer deal. The 32-year old Senegalese has played in 10 league games for Tottenham since joining the team just after New Year.

Northwood_DK

01-16-2010, 03:30 AM

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Week: 11
Date: Fri 12 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Champions League Draw
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Liverpool will play Sporting Clube de Portugal - SAD in the European Champions League Quarter Final.
The first leg will be played at Estádio José Alvalade Século XXI on Wednesday 31st March 2010.
Liverpool will have to watch out for Sporting CP's Liédson who is the leading goal-scorer in the Champions League this season.
The other European Champions League Quarter Finals looks like this:
Sevilla vs. Chelsea
Man U vs. Lyon
Inter vs. Juventus

The Arsenal vs. Liverpool English Premier Division match has been re-arranged for Wednesday 21st April 2010 due to the clash with the Sporting CP vs. Liverpool Champions League match on Wednesday 31st March 2010. This means that Liverpool’s final to games of the season will both be against Arsenal.

Northwood_DK

01-17-2010, 08:17 AM

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Week: 11
Date: Sat 13 / 03 / 2010
Headline: EPL news
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With five matches played and 14 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Stamford Bridge where a crowd of 41761 witnessed Chelsea's convincing 4 - 1 victory over Hull. The highlight being a landmark goal for Chelsea's Didier Drogba. Chelsea is now 3 points clear of Liverpool in the top o the division but with two games more played.
Elsewhere, Emmanuel Adebayor scored a close range header during Man City's 2 - 0 victory over Tottenham and 17645 watched Portsmouth's heavy 0 - 3 defeat against Everton where Joseph Yobo scored the pick of the goals with a close range header.

Youth Coach Rodolfo Borrell was present as Liverpool Under 18s suffered defeat against Everton Under 18s at Halton Stadium this afternoon.
Borrell commented on Thomas Ince's performance during the match. The left winger was on occasion a threat to the opposition defence with his skill and direct running.
Liverpool Under 18s are currently lying in 3rd place in the English Under 18s Group 6.

Northwood_DK

01-17-2010, 08:19 AM

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Week: 11
Date: Sun 14 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool to play Stoke at home
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League leaders Liverpool have been touted as comfortable favourites (Liverpool: 1-2 Draw: 13-5 Stoke: 9-2) but will have to be wary about complacency when taking on Stoke, according to Sky Bet. Premier Division title contenders Liverpool are currently lying in 2nd place in the table.
Stoke have been performing above expectations in the English Premier Division all season and find themselves in 13th place.
David Moss believes Stoke are likely to field a 4-4-2 formation. Moss believes that attacking midfielder Tuncay will need to be watched carefully as he has the ability to be a match winner.
Injured Players: Matthew Etherington
Unavailable Players: Jonas Olsson

With four matches played and 10 goals scored earlier today, the best viewing was to be found at The Stadium of Light where a crowd of 48300 witnessed a shock result during Sunderland's 1 - 0 victory over Man Utd. Man U now dropped to 5th place in the EPL. Elsewhere, Blackburn's 1 - 2 defeat against Aston Villa proved to be a fiery affair and Gary Cahill scored the pick of the goals in Arsenal's 1 - 1 draw with Bolton with a mighty header from within the six-yard box.

Sunderland have paid Tottenham £1,000,000 as part of the Darren Bent transfer deal. The player has played in 30 league games for Sunderland.

Northwood_DK

01-18-2010, 02:46 PM

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Week: 12
Date: Mon 15 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool comes back to earth
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Liverpool 1 - 2 Stoke City (Premier Division)
A gritty performance by Stoke City saw them come away from Anfield with a 2 - 1 win. The first noteworthy incident of the match proved to be controversial, with Liverpool seeing a goal disallowed due to a questionable offside. Stoke finally took the lead when striker Ricardo Fuller scored a well timed close range finish on 67 minutes.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard then equalised for Liverpool in the 88th minute with a freak goal. Better late than never for Liverpool and the fans were clearly delighted with Gerrard's impact.
But with what turned out to be the last kick of the ball tireless midfielder Tuncay clinched a late winner for the away side on 94 minutes with a placed shot. Tuncay's impact delighted the travelling Stoke fans with his late goal and left the Liverpool supporters in a state of chock.

Attendance: 45362

Liverpool Starting 11:
José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson
Emiliano Insúa
Jamie Carragher
Michael Dingsdag (sub 84)
Steven Gerrard (c) (MOM: 7.1)
Yossi Benayoun
Lucas (sub 45)
Javier Mascherano
Fernando Torres
David N'Gog (sub 45)
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David Martin
Daniel Agger
Philipp Degen
Mauro Formica (on 45)
Martin Skrtel
Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (on 84)
Albert Riera (on 45)

Northwood_DK

01-18-2010, 02:56 PM

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Week: 12
Date: Tue 16 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Fans not happy with home loss
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Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin believes the fans are very disappointed with Liverpool's 1 - 2 English Premier Division defeat against Stoke. Richard believes the fans are despondent that they ended up coming away from the game with nothing even though a draw was within their grasp.
Mauro Formica and David N'Gog in particular were singled out as having underperformed.
Liverpool are currently three points behind league leaders Chelsea but with a game in hand.

This was a horrible loss for Liverpool. Instead of riding the high of the Champions League win last week, Liverpool came home and with what was close to the strongest starting eleven gave away 3 points. Gerrard were the only Liverpool player who finished the game with a rating over 7.0.

Liverpool is still right behind Chelsea in the standing but with just 8 games remaining every point counts and the teams behind them is getting closer every week.

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Northwood_DK

01-19-2010, 10:36 AM

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Week: 12
Date: Wed 17 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Reserves victory
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Coach John McMahon was present as Liverpool Reserves stormed to victory against Hull City Reserves at Prenton Park this evening. McMahon singled out Andriy Voronin as the team's top performer. The striker was in deadly form to score three goals. Liverpool Reserves are currently lying in 6th place in the English Reserves Group 2.

The free transfer deadline for English clubs is in one week.

Northwood_DK

01-19-2010, 10:37 AM

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Week: 12
Date: Thu 18 / 03 / 2010
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Nine of Liverpool’s young players have been called up for international duty.

Match Date: March 23rd.
Greece Under 21s: Dean Bouzanis
Hungary Under 21s: Krisztián Németh and András Simon
Iceland Under 21s: Victor Pálsson
Turkey Under 21s: Hakan Duyan
Denmark Under 21s: Nikola Saric and Nicolaj Køhlert
Norway Under 21s: Ruben Yttergård Jenssen
Bulgaria Under 21s: Nikolay Mihaylov

The MLS regular season kicked off today with a game between Chivas USA and San Jose.

Northwood_DK

01-19-2010, 10:38 AM

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Week: 12
Date: Fri 19 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Hull face difficult Liverpool challenge
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The odds are firmly stacked against injury-ravaged Hull (Hull: 3-1 Draw: 2-1 Liverpool: 4-5) in what should prove a difficult home encounter against Liverpool, according to Sky Bet. Liverpool are currently three points behind league leaders Chelsea with a game in hand.
Hull have been performing above expectations in the English Premier Division all season and find themselves in 13th place.

David Moss watched Hull's heavy 1 - 4 English Premier Division defeat against Chelsea last Saturday and noted that Hull play a defensive 4-4-2 formation and often look to draw the opposition onto them before attempting a counter-attack. The pitch at The Circle is long which will favour teams playing a direct style. If defenders push up there will be a lot of space to exploit in behind them for the quicker players to take advantage of. Brown likes his teams to play possession football and Hull will look to get the ball down and play it. Finally, it will be important to defend deep or use fast defenders as their attacking pace may cause problems.
Hull are missing a lot of first-team players but central midfielder Kevin Kilbane will still be a threat that we will have to deal with.
Injured Players: Jimmy Bullard, Ibrahima Sonko, Andy Dawson, Ian Ashbee and Daniel Cousin
Unavailable Players: None

Northwood_DK

01-20-2010, 04:42 PM

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Week: 12
Date: Sat 20 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Reds ease past Hull
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Hull City 1 - 2 Liverpool (Premier Division)
Liverpool produced a good display this afternoon to see off the challenge of Hull City at The Circle. Argentina captain Javier Mascherano got Liverpool off to a flyer by scoring a powerful effort from the edge of the area on 5 minutes. Experienced striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink then equalised for Hull in the 30th minute with a placed shot from close range.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard scored what proved to be the winner for the away side on 45 minutes with a powerful freekick from the edge of the area.

Attendance: 25404

Liverpool Starting 11:
José Manuel Reina
Philipp Degen (sub 58)
Emiliano Insúa
Jamie Carragher
Daniel Agger
Lucas
Javier Mascherano
Yossi Benayoun
Albert Riera
Steven Gerrard (c) (sub 71) (MOM: 7.9)
Fernando Torres (sub 55)
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David Martin
Michael Dingsdag
Glen Johnson (on 58)
Mauro Formica (on 71)
Martin Skrtel
Fábio Aurélio
David N'Gog (on 55)

Steven Gerrard was the best player on the park during Liverpool's 2 - 1 English Premier Division victory over Hull this afternoon and the margin of victory should have been even greater. The attacking midfielder netted the winning goal to round off his performance by scoring a powerful freekick from the edge of the area.
Gerrard, 29, looked in good form for Liverpool and the attacking midfielder will be delighted to have got on the scoresheet. Gerrard has been in superb form for Liverpool so far this season, contributing sixteen goals and nine assists in thirty-four appearances.
Javier Mascherano also had a very impressive game in a game where Lucas did not play up to his usual high standard.

It has been another great day of action in the English Premier Division. With fourteen teams in action and 27 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Molineux where a crowd of 26136 witnessed Wolves' heavy 2 - 5 defeat against Man City. The highlight of that match was Marek Hamsik scoring his first ever goal for Man City.
Elsewhere, 22165 watched Burnley's 1 - 2 defeat against Chelsea where Steven Fletcher scored the pick of the goals with a powerful effort from the edge of the area.

Speaking to Sporting Life, Liverpool boss Thomas Northwood admitted he is an admirer of Leeds United left midfielder Robert Snodgrass' talents. Northwood continued by stating that he thought Snodgrass was an accomplished player. Liverpool are rumoured to be interested in the player.

Northwood_DK

01-20-2010, 04:44 PM

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Week: 12
Date: Sun 21 / 03 / 2010
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In the biggest game on Sunday Man U won 2-0 over Arsenal. Berbatov and Park Ji-Sung scored the goal for United who moved in to 5th place with the Gunners still struggling back in 8th place.

After receiving praise from Liverpool boss Thomas Northwood, Leeds' winger Robert Snodgrass responded in an appreciative manner. During an interview with The League Paper, the player indicated that he respects Thomas Northwood's opinion and fully appreciates the comments made by the Liverpool boss.

Northwood_DK

01-22-2010, 12:21 PM

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Week: 13
Date: Mon 22 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool fans hopeful ahead of clash
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Arsenal fans are all set to welcome Liverpool fans to London for their English FA Cup Sixth Round Replay match. The hosts are slight favourites for the match according to most pundits but will still need to turn in a strong performance if they are to beat Liverpool.
Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest, Barnsley and Bristol City whilst Arsenal beat Bolton Wanderers, Stoke City and Preston North End to get this far.
Liverpool favourite Ian Rush has singled out central midfielder Cesc Fàbregas as the most influential Arsenal player for the forthcoming game, according to Sky Sports News. Rush stipulated that although the Reds were not favourites in this encounter, they could still get a result if they managed to keep Fàbregas quiet.
Fàbregas has been in superb form for Arsenal so far this season, contributing three goals and nine assists in forty-eight appearances.

Northwood_DK

01-22-2010, 03:03 PM

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Week: 13
Date: Tue 23 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool face Arsenal in FA Cup clash
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Liverpool go into this away game with every chance of walking away with something against slight favourites Arsenal, according to Sky Bet (Arsenal: 5-4 Draw: N/A Liverpool: 7-4).
David Moss watched Arsenal's 0 - 2 English Premier Division defeat against Man Utd last Sunday and noted that Arsenal play a defensive 4-1-4-1 formation and often look to draw the opposition onto them before attempting a counter-attack. The pitch at Emirates Stadium is long which will favour teams playing a direct style. If defenders push up there will be a lot of space to exploit in behind them for the quicker players to take advantage of.
Wenger likes his teams to play possession football and Arsenal will look to get the ball down and play it. Their midfield are good on the ball and can create chances. Finally, it will be important to defend deep or use fast defenders as their attacking pace may cause problems.
Moss believes that the intelligent play of central midfielder Cesc Fàbregas will be a threat and he will look to drop into space where possible.
Unavailable Players: Aaron Ramsey, Nicklas Bendtner and Matthew Upson

Liverpool assistant manager Sammy Lee has reported back on the Liverpool players involved in today's international fixtures:

Albania Under 21s 1 - 1 Norway Under 21s (Euro U21 Ch'ship Quals)
Twenty-one year-old tireless midfielder Ruben Yttergård Jenssen's fledgling international career continued in this match with a solid performance for Norway Under 21s.

Denmark Under 21s 2 - 3 England Under 21s (Euro U21 Ch'ship Quals)
Seventeen year-old young midfielder Nicolaj Køhlert's fledgling international career continued in this match with a solid performance for Denmark Under 21s.
Nikola Saric also played in this match.

Cyprus Under 21s 1 - 2 Bulgaria Under 21s (Euro U21 Ch'ship Quals)
Twenty-one year-old goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov's fledgling international career continued in this match with a solid performance for Bulgaria Under 21s.

Turkey Under 21s 3 - 0 Austria Under 21s (Euro U21 Ch'ship Quals)
Eighteen year-old young goalkeeper Hakan Duyan's fledgling international career continued in this match with a solid performance for Turkey Under 21s.

Czech Republic Under 21s 2 - 2 Greece Under 21s (Euro U21 Ch'ship Quals)
Nineteen year-old young goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis' fledgling international career continued in this match with a solid performance for Greece Under 21s.

Hungary Under 21s 3 - 0 Wales Under 21s (Euro U21 Ch'ship Quals)
Striker Krisztián Németh looked in good shape as he played the whole match for Hungary Under 21s, getting on the scoresheet in the process.
András Simon also played in this match.

Northwood_DK

01-22-2010, 03:45 PM

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Date: Wed 24 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Arsenal ease to victory
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Arsenal 4 - 1 Liverpool (FA Cup 6th Rnd)
Arsenal enjoyed a comfortable 4 - 1 victory over Liverpool. The win was deserved for Arsenal who turned their superiority into goals in the English FA Cup Sixth Round game at Emirates Stadium. A brace from Robin van Persie helped Arsenal to victory.
The match began in controversial circumstances as Liverpool were denied claims by Mauro Formica for a penalty. Cultured winger Albert Riera got Liverpool off to a flyer by scoring a powerful close range effort on 7 minutes.
Cultured striker Robin van Persie then equalised for Arsenal in the 13th minute with a placed shot. An error from Lucas allowed striker Eduardo to score a placed shot from close range. Arshavin scored with a powerful close range effort in the 39th minute to extend the lead further.
There were no prizes for guessing who completed the rout on 45 minutes as that man van Persie popped up again with a placed shot from close range.

Attendance: 60361

Liverpool Starting 11:

José Manuel Reina
Philipp Degen (sub 81)
Fábio Aurélio
Michael Dingsdag
Daniel Agger (sub 76)
Lucas (sub 45)
Javier Mascherano (c)
Yossi Benayoun
Albert Riera (MOM: 7.6)
Mauro Formica
David N'Gog
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David Martin
Jamie Carragher
Glen Johnson (on 81)
Steven Gerrard
Martin Skrtel (on 76)
Emiliano Insúa
Fernando Torres (on 45)

Northwood_DK

01-22-2010, 03:49 PM

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Week: 13
Date: Thu 25 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Fans devastated by Arsenal result
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Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin believes the fans are very disappointed with Liverpool's heavy 1 - 4 English FA Cup Sixth Round Replay defeat against Arsenal.
José Manuel Reina, Michael Dingsdag and David N'Gog were the main targets for the fans' criticism and there were some who stated that players such as David Martin, Jamie Carragher and Alberto Aquilani should have been preferred in the starting line-up.
The defeat only serves to confirm the disappointment that the team only reached the Sixth Round of the FA Cup. However, they can understand why the team were knocked out by Arsenal.

The loss today perhaps for the first time this season underlines Liverpool’s lack of depth. As soon as all the regular starters are not on the pitch the team is vulnerable and a good opponent like Arsenal can take advantage. Some members of the local media wrote that instead of resting starters today against a strong opponent like Arsenal they could sit out the upcoming EPL game against Burnley.
Manager Tom Northwood would hear nothing off it and said that nothing was more important this season then the regular season.

Northwood_DK

01-23-2010, 07:29 AM

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Week: 13
Date: Fri 26 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool firm favourites for Premier Division clash
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Liverpool are sure-fire favourites (Liverpool: 1-6 Draw: 5-1 Burnley: 10-1) to overwhelm relegation-threatened Burnley in what should be a comfortable home encounter for the Reds, according to Sky Bet. Liverpool are currently three points behind league leaders Chelsea with a game in hand.
With only seven games to go until the end of the season, Burnley find themselves in 19th place, nine points from safety.
David Moss watched Burnley's 1 - 2 English Premier Division defeat against Chelsea last Saturday and noted that Burnley play a defensive 3-5-2 formation and often look to draw the opposition onto them before attempting a counter-attack.
Coyle likes his teams to play possession football and Burnley will look to get the ball down and play it. Their midfield are good on the ball and can create chances. Finally, it will be important to defend deep or use fast defenders as their attacking pace may cause problems. Moss believes that the sheer athleticism of striker Steven Fletcher will be an imposing threat.
Injured Players: Graham Alexander, Christian Kalvenes, Jay Rodriguez and Tyrone Mears

The referee for the match will be Howard Webb from Rotherham who has shown 40 yellow cards and no red cards in his fifteen Premier Division games so far this season. Webb's last Liverpool match was Liverpool's heavy 1 - 4 English FA Cup Sixth Round Replay defeat against Arsenal on Wednesday 24th March. In that game he had a controversial call when he denied claims by Mauro Formica for a penalty early in the game.

Northwood_DK

01-23-2010, 03:31 PM

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Date: Sat 27 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Goals galore as Liverpool and Burnley draw
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Liverpool 3 - 3 Burnley (Premier Division)
As fans left Anfield they will no doubt have agreed that neither team deserved to lose this game. In an enthralling match which saw both sides throw caution to the wind, it was football which was ultimately the winner.
Winger Chris Eagles gave Burnley the lead with a powerful freekick from the edge of the area in the 14th minute. Striker Fernando Torres then equalised for Liverpool four minutes after the break with a well placed shot. An error from Robbie Blake allowed Torres to score a second on a placed shot in the 54th minute and another error from Brian Easton allowed striker David N'Gog to score a well timed close range finish after 68 minutes of play.
Strong centre-back Clarke Carlisle then managed to pull one back for Burnley after 77 minutes with a towering header from close range when he jumped over Jamie Carragher after a corner. Striker Steven Fletcher then equalised for Burnley after 80 minutes with a well timed close range finish after he beat Glen Johnson on a cross ball.

Attendance: 45362

Liverpool Starting 11:

José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson
Emiliano Insúa
Jamie Carragher
Daniel Agger (sub 55)
Yossi Benayoun
Albert Riera
Lucas (sub 72)
Steven Gerrard (c) (sub 45)
Fernando Torres (G: 49,54) (MOM:8.4)
David N'Gog (G: 68)
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Jason Steele
Martin Skrtel (on 55)
Alberto Aquilani
Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (on 72)
Fábio Aurélio
Mauro Formica (on 45)
Javier Mascherano

Dave Galley has reported that attacking midfielder Steven Gerrard has suffered a thigh strain after awkwardly striking the ball during the match against Burnley. Galley advises that a thigh strain can either be treated by the club's physios or managed by injections.
Injections: Will get through the next game against Sporting CP but could then be out for between 12 days and 2 weeks.
Physio: Out for between 9 days and 11 days.
Its still not decided how Liverpool and Steven Gerrard is going to treat the injury.

Northwood_DK

01-23-2010, 03:34 PM

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Week: 13
Date: Sun 28 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Saturday's Premier Division Round-Up
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It has been another great day of action in the English Premier Division. With fourteen teams in action and 24 goals scored. James Milner scored a placed shot during Chelsea's 0 - 2 defeat against Aston Villa. That result was a huge break for Liverpool who is now despite the draw with Burnley only 2 points behind Chelsea. 20600 watched Portsmouth's 0 - 2 defeat against Man Utd where Park Ji-Sung scored the pick of the goals with a fine header from point-blank range.

Liverpool's Steven Gerrard has told icLiverpool.co.uk that he will not play the Champions League game against Porto this week. Together with manager Tom Northwood he decided to not get the injection. He said that he was disappointed that he will miss the European Champions League Quarter Final against Sporting Clube de Portugal - SAD on March 31st through injury. Instead of taking to the field against Leões, Gerrard will be forced to watch his team-mates from the stands.

A man of the match performance from Fernando Torres was not enough to secure a win during Liverpool's English Premier Division 3 - 3 draw with Burnley this afternoon, according to Sporting Life. Torres had the quality to put the Burnley defence to the sword and finished the match with two goals.
The Spanish international has been in lethal form for Liverpool this season, leading the club's scoring charts with twenty-six goals in forty-two appearances.

Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin believes the fans are disappointed with Liverpool's English Premier Division 3 - 3 draw with Burnley. Richard believes the fans can't quite work out how their team has somehow managed to come away from this game with only a draw even though they had given themselves a comfortable lead.
Martin Skrtel, Emiliano Insúa and Ruben Yttergård Jenssen were the main targets for the fans' criticism and there were some who stated that players such as Michael Dingsdag, Fábio Aurélio and Alberto Aquilani should have been preferred in the starting line-up.

Northwood_DK

01-24-2010, 04:19 AM

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Week: 14
Date: Mon 29 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Watch your back
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Chelsea and Liverpool now have to start watching there Rear-view mirror. Man City keeps playing great football and this week had a convincing 4-0 win over Stoke. They are now in 3rd place in the EPL just 3 points behind Liverpool. The other Manchester team is also getting within striking distance.

Liverpool fans will have to travel some 1055 miles from their native England to Lisbon in Portugal ahead of their European Champions League Quarter Final First Leg match against Sporting CP. The hosts are favourites for the match but the travelling The Reds supporters head to Estádio José Alvalade Século XXI hopeful of a win.
Sporting CP will be looking to take advantage of having the first leg at home by putting themselves in as strong a position as possible.

Northwood_DK

01-24-2010, 10:20 AM

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Week: 14
Date: Tue 30 / 03 / 2010
Headline: Getting ready for Champions Leage
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Sporting Clube de Portugal - SAD vs Liverpool
David Moss believes Sporting CP are likely to field a 4-4-2 formation. The pitch at Estádio José Alvalade Século XXI is long which will favour teams playing a direct style. If defenders push up there will be a lot of space to exploit in behind them for the quicker players to take advantage of. Moss believes that Sporting CP will look to use the aerial power of striker Amr Zaki and we should look to cut off the supply to him.
Injured Players: None
Unavailable Players: Andrej Kramaric, Marek Sapara and João Moutinho

Thomas Northwood was not giving much away as he met journalists ahead of Liverpool's match against Sporting Clube de Portugal - SAD in the European Champions Cup Quarter Final. A journalist from the Liverpool Echo chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "Do you think your side will find motivation a problem against a weaker Sporting CP team?"
Northwood's response was, "I don't think it'll be a problem."
Northwood also had to answer questions about Alberto Aquilani and his demand of regular first team football.

The first two games in the Champions league quarter finals was played today without a single goal being scored. In the game between the two Italian teams Juventus and Inter the biggest story was that Javier Zanetti was sent of after 56 minutes of play and will not get to start in the return leg. The big surprise of the day was that Man U didn’t manage to take advantage at the home field advantage. Lyon even lost there keeper to injury after just 8 minutes of play but still manage to keep the 0 on the scoresheet.

Northwood_DK

01-25-2010, 10:44 AM

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Date: Wed 31 / 03 / 2010
Headline: One-sided result for Liverpool in Champions Cup Qtr Final fixture
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Sporting Clube de Portugal - SAD 0 - 4 Liverpool (Champions League Qtr Final)
Liverpool pulled off a surprisingly easy 4 - 0 win over Sporting Clube de Portugal - SAD at Estádio José Alvalade Século XXI in their latest European Champions League Quarter Final match. A brace from Alberto Aquilani helped Liverpool to victory.
It was a bad start for Liverpool as they had to use there first substitute after just 23 minutes when Mauro Formica picked up an injury. The good luck started with an error from Sportings Cipriano Cardoso that allowed Israel captain Yossi Benayoun to score a placed shot from close range on the back post. Argentina captain Javier Mascherano then doubled Liverpool's lead with a real poacher's effort on 50 minutes when the Sporting goalkeeper failed to hold on to a shot by Alberto Aquilani. Aquilani scored with a placed shot in the 73rd minute to extend the lead further when the keeper once again failed to clear the ball after a shot. Aquilani completed the rout with a powerful effort from the edge of the area on 79 minutes.

Attendance: 48531

Liverpool Starting 11:

José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson
Emiliano Insúa
Jamie Carragher
Daniel Agger
Lucas (sub 45)
Yossi Benayoun (G:41)
Albert Riera
Javier Mascherano (c) (G: 50)
Mauro Formica (sub 23)
Fernando Torres (sub 69)
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Jason Steele
Martin Skrtel
Alberto Aquilani (on 23) (G: 73,79) (MOM:8.9)
Michael Dingsdag (on 45)
Fábio Aurélio
Philipp Degen
David N'Gog (on 69)

Portugal boss Carlos Queiroz was seen at Estádio José Alvalade Século XXI during Liverpool's convincing 4 - 0 European Champions League Quarter Final First Leg victory over Sporting CP. It is believed Queiroz was casting an eye over the progress of Rui Patrício, Miguel Veloso, Adrien and Liédson for his next Portugal squad.

Alberto Aquilani was one of the players to make a difference during Liverpool's convincing 4 - 0 European Champions Cup Quarter Final First Leg victory over Sporting CP this evening in a match where Liverpool showed a cutting edge. Aquilani had the quality to put the Sporting Clube de Portugal - SAD defence to the sword and finished the match with two goals.
He came up with this performance just days after complaining in the local press about lack of playing time since his move to Liverpool. Aquilani has made sixteen appearances so far this season for The Reds, scoring three goals.

Northwood_DK

01-25-2010, 02:54 PM

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Week: 14
Date: Thu 01 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Fans pleased with Sporting CP result
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Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin feels the fans are pleased with Liverpool's convincing 4 - 0 European Champions League Quarter Final First Leg victory over Sporting CP. José Manuel Reina, Emiliano Insúa and Yossi Benayoun particularly impressed. The victory keeps the team in with a chance of achieving their minimum aim of reaching the Semi Final of the Champions League.
In the other game Sevilla and Chelsea played to a 1-1 draw. Drogba scored the goal for Chelsea while the hot streak continued for Frederic Kanoutè who scored the goal for the Spanish team. Kanoutè was the player with the good performance in the African Nations Cup.

Assistant manager Sammy Lee has reminded the Liverpool front office of some important dates in the month ahead:

6.4.2010 - Liverpool v Sporting CP (Champions Cup)
12.4.2010 - Liverpool v Fulham (Premier Division)
17.4.2010 - Everton v Liverpool (Premier Division)
20.4.2010 - European Champions Cup Semi Final
21.4.2010 - Arsenal v Liverpool (Premier Division)
24.4.2010 - Liverpool v Bolton (Premier Division)
27.4.2010 - European Champions Cup Semi Final
28.4.2010 - Aston Villa v Liverpool (Premier Division)

Manchester City's Mark Hughes has won the English Premier Division Manager of the Month award. The award panel made their decision after the Citizens boss guided his team to victory in all four of their league games this month.

(PRM) Man City 2 - 1 Sunderland (3rd Mar)
(PRM) Man City 2 - 0 Tottenham (13th Mar)
(PRM) Man City 5 - 2 Wolves (20th Mar)
(PRM) Man City 4 - 0 Stoke (29th Mar)

There was nothing to choose between the top three and the award could easily have gone to either Aston Villa's Martin O'Neill or David Moyes from Everton, who came second and third respectively.

Northwood_DK

01-27-2010, 10:05 AM

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Week: 14
Date: Fri 02 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Board Confidence Update
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To summarise, the board are satisfied with the management of the team. The positive atmosphere in the changing room has been encouraging. Despite the positives, Liverpool's heavy 1 - 4 English FA Cup Sixth Round Replay defeat against Arsenal cannot be ignored and the fans have voiced their discontent at the result.

The club recorded a loss of £5.29M last month.

Monthly Turnover: £9.44M
Previous Month: £8.07M
Main Income: Gate Receipts £3.26M
Monthly Expenditure: £14.73M
Previous Month: £14.18M
Main Expenditure: Player Wages £3.99M

Liverpool left-back Emiliano Insúa is among a group of players touted as winners of the English Players' Young Player of the Year award. The 21 year-old Argentinean player has been in fantastic form this season and is said to be proud that he is being talked about but that his first thoughts are towards the team.
The other players thought to be in contention for the award are Nathan Delfouneso, Anderson and James Vaughan.

Northwood_DK

01-27-2010, 03:43 PM

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Date: Sat 03 / 04 / 2010
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In a weekend where Liverpool didn’t play they still got a helping hand. Main rival Chelsea once against lost points in the fight for first place. This time they only managed a 0-0 draw on the road against 10th ranked Fulham.
Elsewhere,, the best viewing was to be found at Old Trafford where a crowd of 76212 witnessed Man Utd's 4 - 2 victory over West Ham. A possible talking point from the game being a red card for Man Utd's Rio Ferdinand. Wolves' 2 - 1 victory over Sunderland proved to be a fiery affair and Jack Rodwell scored the pick of the goals in Everton's 2 - 0 victory over Birmingham with a powerful effort from the edge of the area.

Northwood_DK

01-28-2010, 01:58 PM

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Week: 13
Date: Sun 04 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Portsmouth docked points
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Before today’s games in the EPL it was decided that Portsmouth is deducted 9 Premier Division points for going into administration. This moves Portsmouth from the save spot at 17th in the league and down to last in the league 4 points behind Birmingham and 7 points under the relegation line.
This almost finished up the relegation picture in this years EPL season as the 18th and last team to be relegated Burnley now got 10 points up to the next team with only 5 games left to play.
Southampton was also deducted 10 points in the Coca-Cola League 1 earlier this year. Despite that Southampton still have a real chance to move up a division this year.

Northwood_DK

01-28-2010, 02:50 PM

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Week: 14
Date: Mon 05 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Portsmouth relegated
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It just got from bad to worse for Portsmouth. With yesterdays loss the team is now the first to be relegated from the English Premier League this season. With just 15 points left to play for there is now way they can make it to safety.
Portsmouth's six games without scoring from Sunday 21st February 2010 is a new English Premier League record.
All Portsmouth players have been transfer listed (many of them on free transfers) and the Liverpool scouts is now working overtime to find out if there are any of the players that might have a future on Anfield. Its especially young talents Liverpool will be looking at.

Liverpool fans are gearing up to welcome Sporting CP fans travelling 1055 miles from Lisbon in Portugal to Liverpool for their European Champions League Quarter Final Second Leg match.
A tight match is expected but fans of The Reds are hopeful that their side, who are slight favourites, can come through with a win. Liverpool are in pole position after winning the first leg by a comfortable 4 - 0 scoreline at Estádio José Alvalade Século XXI.

Thomas Northwood was not giving much away as he met journalists ahead of Liverpool's match against Sporting Clube de Portugal - SAD in the European Champions League Quarter Final.
A journalist from BBC Radio 5 live chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "Liverpool are in pole position after winning the first leg by a comfortable 4 - 0 scoreline at Estádio José Alvalade Século XXI. Having secured a comfortable first leg victory away from home you must be confident of putting this tie to bed in front of your own fans. Can you get the job done?"
Northwood's response was, "I am confident as long as we stick to our game plan."
When asked about Steven Gerrard Northwood quickly closed down all talk about him playing this game.
It is thought that the Liverpool squad should react well to Northwood's handling of the question.

For the first time since week 2 of the regular season Liverpool is no longer one of the top two teams in the league. That was clear after Man City today won 2-0 over Hull and moved in to second place on a better goal difference. The problem for City is that the only have 5 games left to play while Liverpool got 7.

Northwood_DK

01-29-2010, 03:13 PM

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Week: 14
Date: Tue 06 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool show lethal touch
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Liverpool 2 - 0 Sporting Clube de Portugal - SAD (Champions League Qtr Final)
Liverpool showed this evening it's not the amount of possession you have, it's what you do with it that counts, as they ran out 2 - 0 winners over Sporting Clube de Portugal - SAD.
Cultured midfielder Alberto Aquilani got Liverpool off to a flyer by scoring a good header from just inside the six-yard box after just one minute. The man behind the goal was Philipp Degen with a great cross. The last goal of the game came from cultured defensive midfielder Miguel Veloso whose 40th minute own-goal after a corner will undoubtedly cause him some embarrassment.
Liverpool therefore win 6 - 0 on aggregate.

Attendance: 45362

Liverpool Starting 11:

José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson (MOM: 7,6)
Emiliano Insúa
Jamie Carragher (sub 45)
Michael Dingsdag
Lucas
Philipp Degen
Fábio Aurélio
Javier Mascherano (c) (sub 71)
Alberto Aquilani (G: 1)
David N'Gog
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Jason Steele
Martin Skrtel (on 45)
Mauro Formica (on 71)
Daniel Agger
Albert Riera
Yossi Benayoun
Fernando Torres

Liverpool have been awarded £2,174,000 for playing in the European Champions League. The same will be given to Chelsea who also moved on to the next round with a 1-0 win at home over Sevilla. The only goal of the match was scored by Drogba.

Lucas has picked up an automatic one match ban after collecting 3 yellow cards. The ban will apply for all European club competitions.

Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin feels the fans are delighted with Liverpool's convincing 6 - 0 European Champions League Quarter Final Second Leg aggregate win over Sporting CP. Glen Johnson was particularly impressive and his performance will have delighted the Liverpool fans.
The team will be delighted that they have achieved their minimum aim of reaching the Semi Final of the Champions League following this result.

Glen Johnson impressed during Liverpool's convincing 6 - 0 European Champions League Quarter Final Second Leg aggregate win over Sporting CP this evening, according to BBC Radio 5 live. The Liverpool defender looked tidy and hardly put a foot wrong all game.
Johnson, 25, arrived at Anfield from Portsmouth for a fee of £17M in 2009.

Northwood_DK

01-29-2010, 03:32 PM

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Week: 14
Date: Wed 07 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Champions League semi final set
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The last two teams for the Champions League semi final was found today. In Italy it was Brazilian midfielder Diego who became the hero for Juventus when he scored 2 of his teams goals in the 3-1 win over Inter.
In the other game France team Lyon got the 1-0 home win over Man United in a game where United didn’t manage to produce a single clear cut goal chance all game.

Northwood_DK

01-30-2010, 05:37 AM

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Week: 14
Date: Thu 08 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Tevez considered major contender for award
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Man City's Carlos Tevez is among a number of players being linked with the English Footballer of the Year award. The twenty-six-year-old striker admitted he had been delighted with his form over the season and said it would be an honour to receive the coveted award.
The other players thought to be in contention for the award are Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba and Ashley Young.

The four teams that will play in the EURO Cup were found today. It will be Arsenal against Bordeaux and Roma against Atl. Madrid in the other.

Northwood_DK

01-30-2010, 09:46 AM

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Week: 14
Date: Fri 09 / 04 / 2010
Headline: European Champions League Semi Final draw
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Liverpool will play Chelsea in the European Champions Cup Semi Final. The first leg will be played at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday 21st April 2010. It is well worth noting that Liverpool have not lost to Chelsea in the last 2 meetings between the two sides.
In the other game Lyon from France will be home in the first game against Juventus from Italy.

Northwood_DK

01-30-2010, 01:27 PM

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Week: 14
Date: Sat 10 / 04 / 2010
Headline: EPL Update
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With eight teams in action and 11 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at St. Andrews where a crowd of 19750 witnessed Birmingham's 1 - 2 defeat against Bolton. The highlight being a landmark goal for Bolton's Grétar Steinsson. The loss for Birmingham also means that they are the second team relegated from the EPL this season.
Elsewhere, Man City's convincing 3 - 0 victory over Burnley proved to be a fiery affair and Peter Crouch scored the pick of the goals in Tottenham's 2 - 1 victory over Hull with a placed shot.

The first team in this year English FA Cup is found. Man U got away with a 0-1 win over West Ham on the road to book its spot to Wembley. The lonely goal was scored by Ryan Giggs in the 79th minute.

Northwood_DK

01-30-2010, 03:47 PM

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Week: 14
Date: Sun 11 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool favourites for Fulham clash
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League leaders Liverpool have been touted as comfortable favourites (Liverpool: 4-7 Draw: 5-2 Fulham: 4-1) but will have to be wary about complacency when taking on Fulham, according to Sky Bet. Premier Division title contenders Liverpool are currently lying in 3rd place in the table.
Following Fulham's English Premier Division 0 - 0 draw with Chelsea last Saturday, Hodgson's side are currently 10th in the Premier Division with 47 points from 33 matches.

The £500,000 deal taking Portsmouth's Florent Cuvelier to Liverpool can now be completed. The transfer will go through on Thursday 1st July 2010 and Liverpool have confirmed the deal.
Florent Cuvelier is a 17-year old Belgian midfielder who was the star of Portsmouth's youth system.
Liverpool is also working on brining inn another Portsmouth player Luke Wilkinson.

The opponent for Man U in the FA Cup was found today. In a game between Wigan and Arsenal, the Gunners came away with a 2-1 on the road. Arsenal scored two goals in the first 30 minutes and Wigan’s goal in the 84th minute was to little to late.
The final in the FA Cup will be played at 15May at Wembley.

Northwood_DK

02-01-2010, 02:09 PM

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Week: 15
Date: Mon 12 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Another opportunity wasted
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Liverpool 0 - 0 Fulham (Premier Division)
Liverpool fail to make chances pay. With 25 shots (11 of them being on goal and one off the post) Liverpool could count themselves highly unlucky to only draw in their English Premier Division match at Anfield. Liverpool had a number of attempts at goal but their profligacy meant they didn't score as many as they maybe would have liked.
Michael Dingsdag claimed the man of the match. The Liverpool defender looked tidy and hardly put a foot wrong all game. Dingsdag is a new signing at Anfield, having joined from Dutch Eredivisie side PSV in January.

Attendance: 45362

Liverpool Starting 11:

José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson
Emiliano Insúa
Daniel Agger
Michael Dingsdag (MOM: 7.3)
Steven Gerrard (c)
Yossi Benayoun (sub 45)
Lucas
Alberto Aquilani (sub 66)
David N'Gog
Fernando Torres
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Jason Steele
Martin Skrtel
Philipp Degen (on 66)
Jamie Carragher
Albert Riera (on 45)
Fábio Aurélio
Javier Mascherano

Northwood_DK

02-01-2010, 02:22 PM

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Week: 15
Date: Tue 13 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Fans getting worried
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Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin believes the fans are disappointed with Liverpool's English Premier Division 0 - 0 draw with Fulham. Richard believes the fans were disappointed with the team's inability to convert chances into goals.
Liverpool are currently on a three match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 3rd place in the English Premier Division.

Northwood_DK

02-01-2010, 02:23 PM

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Week: 15
Date: Wed 14 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Agger injured (again)
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Dave Galley has reported that Daniel Agger has suffered a thigh strain after the central defender mistimed a ball during today's training session. Galley advised the Liverpool front office that a thigh strain can either be treated by the club's physios or managed by injections.
Injections: Will get through the next game against Everton but could then be out for between 12 days and 2 weeks.
Physio: Out for between 9 days and 11 days.
Agger will be treated at Liverpool by the club's physios.

With six teams in action and 6 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Upton Park where a crowd of 34980 witnessed West Ham's 0 - 1 defeat against Arsenal. The highlight being a landmark goal for Arsenal's Robin van Persie.
Elsewhere, a brace from Wayne Rooney inspired a win for the away side during Blackburn's 0 - 2 defeat against Man Utd and James Milner scored the pick of the goals in Wigan's 1 - 2 defeat against Aston Villa with a header.

Northwood_DK

02-01-2010, 02:24 PM

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Week: 15
Date: Thu 15 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool add Wilkinson to roster
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The transfer of Portsmouth's Luke Wilkinson to Liverpool is set to be completed. The transfer will go through on Thursday 1st July 2010. Liverpool have confirmed the deal.

Northwood_DK

02-02-2010, 02:03 PM

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Week: 15
Date: Fri 16 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool take on Everton in local derby
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Everton are slight underdogs (Everton: 13-8 Draw: 2-1 Liverpool: 6-4) in what should prove a tightly contested affair against Liverpool, according to Sky Bet.
Liverpool are currently on a three match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 3rd place in the English Premier Division. Following Everton's 0 - 1 English Premier Division defeat against Chelsea last Sunday, Moyes' side are currently 7th in the Premier Division with 57 points from 34 matches.

Northwood_DK

02-02-2010, 02:36 PM

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Week: 15
Date: Sat 17 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Reds ease past Everton
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Everton 1 - 2 Liverpool (Premier Division)
Liverpool produced a good display this afternoon to see off the challenge of Everton at Goodison Park. When Carragher gave away a penalty, Cahill confidently stepped up to score from the spot. Liverpool was not happy with the referee as it clearly looked like Marouane Fellaini took a dive. Striker Fernando Torres then equalised for Liverpool in the 50th minute with a placed shot on a bad return from Tim Howard on a Steven Gerrard shot. Slovakia captain Martin Skrtel scored what proved to be the winner for the away side on 67 minutes with a good header from just inside the six-yard box on a perfect corner from Gerrard. It was Skrtels first ever goal for Liverpool.

Attendance: 40158

Liverpool Starting 11:

José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson
Emiliano Insúa
Jamie Carragher (sub 58)
Michael Dingsdag
Yossi Benayoun
Albert Riera
Lucas (sub 67)
Steven Gerrard (c)
Fernando Torres (G: 50)
David N'Gog (sub 70)
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Jason Steele
Martin Skrtel (on 58) (G: 67) (MOM: 7.3)
Philipp Degen
Mauro Formica (on 67)
Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (on 70)
Fábio Aurélio
Javier Mascherano

Martin Skrtel was the best player on the park during Liverpool's 2 - 1 English Premier Division victory over Everton this afternoon and the margin of victory should have been even greater. The 25 year-old central defender took his goal well for Liverpool and generally looked lively. Everton boss David Moyes hailed Liverpool central defender Martin Skrtel's performance against his side. Moyes stated that he thought Skrtel was the best player on the pitch and can only hope his team doesn't have to face players of his calibre every week.
Skrtel, 25, arrived at Anfield from Zenit for a fee of £6M in 2007.

In the days late games it became clear that Burnley will be the 3rd and last team relegated from this year EPL. Liverpool also got another gift when Chelsea lost 0-1 on the road to Bolton I a game where John Terry was sent off.
It’s also already decided that Middlesbrough will be back in the EPL next season as they have secured one of the two first spots in the second best division.

Northwood_DK

02-02-2010, 11:50 PM

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Week: 15
Date: Sun 18 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Supporters delighted with win over city rivals
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Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin feels the fans are delighted with Liverpool's 2 - 1 English Premier League victory over Everton. Richard believes the fans feel there is nothing more satisfying than getting one over your closest rivals.
Martin Skrtel, Emiliano Insúa and Fernando Torres particularly impressed.
Liverpool are currently on a four match unbeaten run and the title contenders moved back in to 2nd place in the English Premier Division.

Northwood_DK

02-03-2010, 11:27 AM

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Week: 16
Date: Mon 19 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Alexander Kacaniklic back in Liverpool
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Alexander Kacaniklic has completed his loan spell at Bournemouth and returns to Liverpool.
Kacaniklic made 13 appearances with an average rating of 6.43 during his spell at Bournemouth, scoring 3 goals. Alexander Kacaniklic has indicated that he found his loan to Bournemouth a complete waste of time.
He believes that playing with a team at that level taught him very little and believes he would have learnt much more during the time if he had remained at Liverpool during the period.

The results in the EPL keeps falling Liverpool’s way. This evening one of the contenders for the league title Man City lost points in a 1-1 battle with 5th place Aston Villa. The result puts City on 71 points with 3 games left on the schedule. That’s just 2 points behind league leader Chelsea who also got 3 games remaining and equal points with Liverpool who got 5 games remaining. The bad news for Liverpool’s is that two of those games are against Arsenal and one against 4th place Man United.

Northwood_DK

02-03-2010, 02:06 PM

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Week: 16
Date: Tue 20 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Getting ready for Chelsea
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In the first of the Champions League semi finals Lyon took the first game at home with a 2-1 win over Juventus. The Frenchmen got the win on goal 4 minutes in to overtime after Juventus had a man sent off after 83 minutes of play. Juventus still looks like the favourites with the away goal, scored after just 18minutes of play by Brazilian super star Diego.

David Moss watched Chelsea's 0 - 1 English Premier Division defeat against Bolton and notes that although Chelsea lined up with a 4-1-3-2 formation last Saturday, they normally play 4-1-2-1-2.
Ancelotti likes his teams to play possession football and Chelsea will look to get the ball down and play it. They benefit from a strong and organised defence and this could prove difficult to break down. Liverpool should also be aware of the amount of creative talent in their midfield. Lastly, they will need to make plans for their forwards as they provide a powerful presence.
Moss believes that the sheer athleticism of central midfielder Michael Essien will be an imposing threat.
Injured Players: Joe Cole
Unavailable Players: Hilário, Florent Malouda and Ashley Cole

Thomas Northwood was not giving much away as he met journalists ahead of Liverpool's match against Chelsea in the European Champions League Semi Final. A journalist from BBC Merseyside chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "Daniel Agger has been absent with injury recently, but rumours abound that he might be in line for a return against Chelsea. Is he likely to be available?"
Northwood's response was, "It'll be touch and go right up to kick-off time."

Northwood_DK

02-03-2010, 11:32 PM

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Week: 16
Date: Wed 21 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool edge out opponents in close encounter
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Chelsea 1 - 2 Liverpool (Champions League Semi Final)
Liverpool won a hard fought battle against Chelsea on a fine spring evening at Stamford Bridge. Liverpool started out playing the waiting game and trying to counter. That paid off when striker Fernando Torres got Liverpool off to a flyer by scoring a well executed finish on 7 minutes when he slipped behind the Chelsea defensive line and nicely rounded the keeper. Israel captain Yossi Benayoun who was also the man behind the first goal then doubled Liverpool's lead with a good header from just inside the six-yard box on 28 minutes.
Cultured midfielder Frank Lampard's 39th minute strike proved the only consolation for The Blues. With Chelsea staring at defeat, there was controversy as experienced midfielder Michael Ballack then had a penalty shout turned down. Chelsea also saw their 88th minute strike questionably chalked off.
This was the first game of four Liverpool will play in the next eight days with all of them being vital important for the result of the season.

Attendance: 41761

Liverpool Starting 11:

José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson
Emiliano Insúa
Jamie Carragher
Michael Dingsdag
Javier Mascherano
Yossi Benayoun (G: 28) (MOM: )
Albert Riera (sub 45)
Steven Gerrard (c)
Alberto Aquilani (sub 74)
Fernando Torres (sub 82) (G: 7)
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Jason Steele
Martin Skrtel (on 82)
Philipp Degen
Mauro Formica
David N'Gog
Fábio Aurélio (on 45)
Nikola Saric (on 74)

Yossi Benayoun had a fine game this evening during Liverpool's 2 - 1 European Champions league Semi Final First Leg victory over Chelsea but it was a tight match that could really have gone either way. Benayoun found himself on the end of a rough reception from the Chelsea players but the Liverpool right winger managed to score one goal and create another. Benayoun has been in superb form for Liverpool so far this season, contributing six goals and thirteen assists in forty-seven appearances.
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti heaped praise on Liverpool right winger Yossi Benayoun following Chelsea's 1 - 2 European Champions League Semi Final First Leg defeat against Liverpool.
Ancelotti stated that he was impressed with how well Benayoun had played against his side and thought he was one of the best players on the pitch.

Chelsea had a controversial penalty appeal turned down in the 79th minute during Chelsea's 1 - 2 European Champions Cup Semi Final First Leg defeat against Liverpool.
Michael Ballack believed that the referee had missed a blatant foul by Jamie Carragher in the box and that Chelsea should have been awarded a penalty.
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti refused to openly criticise the referee after the match, claiming that he was not prepared to risk being reprimanded by the competition's governing body. Chelsea also had 4 yellow cards in the first half alone.

Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin feels the fans are delighted with Liverpool's 2 - 1 European Champions League Semi Final First Leg victory over Chelsea. Richard believes the fans feel there is nothing more satisfying than getting one over your arch rivals.
Yossi Benayoun and Fernando Torres particularly impressed.
The team will be delighted that they have achieved their minimum aim of reaching the Semi Final of the Champions League following this result.

Northwood_DK

02-04-2010, 02:18 PM

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Week: 16
Date: Thu 22 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Euro Cup
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In today’s Euro Cup semi final Wellinton scored two goals for Bordeaux in the team’s away win over Arsenal. Wellinton was once of the three players the France team bought for £10mil each from Russian teams earlier in the season. In the other semi final At. Madrid got a 1-0 win at home over Roma.

Northwood_DK

02-04-2010, 02:20 PM

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Week: 16
Date: Fri 23 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool favourites for Bolton clash
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League leaders Liverpool have been touted as comfortable favourites (Liverpool: 4-5 Draw: 2-1 Bolton: 3-1) but will have to be wary about complacency when taking on high-flying Bolton, according to Sky Bet.
Liverpool are currently on a four match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 3rd place in the English Premier League. Bolton have been performing above expectations in the English Premier League all season and find themselves in 6th place.
David Moss watched Bolton's 1 - 0 English Premier League victory over Chelsea last Saturday and noted that Bolton play a defensive 4-1-4-1 formation and often look to draw the opposition onto them before attempting a counter-attack.
Megson likes his teams to play possession football and Bolton will look to get the ball down and play it. They benefit from a strong and organised defence and this could prove difficult to break down. Finally, it will be important to defend deep or use fast defenders as their attacking pace may cause problems. Moss believes that the sheer athleticism of striker Johan Elmander will be an imposing threat.
Injured Players: None
Unavailable Players: None

Northwood_DK

02-04-2010, 11:17 PM

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Week: 16
Date: Sat 24 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Confident performance from The Reds
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Liverpool 4 - 2 Bolton Wanderers (Premier League)
Before todays game Tom Northwood asked Torres to go out and put on a show and he sure did just that. An efficient performance by Liverpool's players saw them confidently overcome a lacklustre Bolton Wanderers 4 - 2 at Anfield. The highlight of the game was undoubtedly a superb hat-trick from Liverpool's Fernando Torres.
Striker Fernando Torres got Liverpool off to a flyer by scoring a placed shot on 10 minutes. Torres doubled Liverpool's lead with a placed shot on 17 minutes.
Jamaica captain Ricardo Gardner pulled one back for Bolton after 22 minutes with a placed shot. Bolton captain Kevin Davies then equalised for Bolton in the 27th minute with a close range header.
Cultured winger Albert Riera put the home side back in front in the 34th minute with a header. Torres completed the scoring for Liverpool with a well timed close range finish on 80 minutes.

Attendance: 45362

Liverpool Starting 11:

José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson
Emiliano Insúa
Jamie Carragher
Michael Dingsdag (sub 60)
Yossi Benayoun
Albert Riera (G: 34)
Lucas
Javier Mascherano
Steven Gerrard (c) (sub 64)
Fernando Torres (sub 81) (G: 10, 17, 80) (MOM: 9.3)
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Jason Steele
Martin Skrtel (on 60)
Philipp Degen
Mauro Formica
David N'Gog (on 81)
Fábio Aurélio
Alberto Aquilani (on 64)

Fernando Torres was named man of the match after Liverpool's 4 - 2 English Premier Division victory over Bolton this evening. Torres scored a marvellous hattrick as the Bolton Wanderers defence simply failed to cope with the skilful striker's explosive finishing.
Former Liverpool favourite Ian Rush has also heaped praise on Fernando Torres after his inspired performance in Liverpool's 4 - 2 English Premier Division victory over Bolton. The twenty-six year-old striker caught the eye of Rush and he commented that Liverpool have a real gem of a player.
Striker Torres is being touted by the media as the likely winner of the English Players' Player of the Year award.

Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin feels the fans are pleased with Liverpool's 4 - 2 English Premier Division victory over Bolton. Particularly impressive were players like Glen Johnson, Albert Riera and Fernando Torres, leaving the likes of Philipp Degen wondering how he will break into the side.
Liverpool are currently on a five match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 1st place in the English Premier Division.

Northwood_DK

02-05-2010, 09:37 AM

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Week: 16
Date: Sun 25 / 04 / 2010
Headline: EPL Update
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With fourteen teams in action and 20 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Stamford Bridge where a crowd of 41761 witnessed Chelsea's 0 - 1 defeat against Man Utd. The game was marred however by an injury to Chelsea's Ricardo Carvalho.
Elsewhere, Peter Crouch scored the pick of the goals in Tottenham's 2 - 1 victory over Aston Villa with a placed shot.
A total of 235582 supporters were out in force around the English Premier Division.

Northwood_DK

02-05-2010, 09:38 AM

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Week: 17
Date: Mon 26 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool fans confident ahead of Chelsea clash
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Liverpool fans are preparing to give a hostile welcome to the travelling Chelsea fans ahead of their upcoming European Champions League Semi Final Second Leg clash.
Liverpool are favourites for the match and their fans will be hoping to have cause to celebrate and claim bragging rights over their hated rivals.
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti today spoke of his appreciation of Liverpool player Fernando Torres' ability ahead of their forthcoming fixture. Ancelotti went on to state that his team would have to somehow find a way of containing the player if they are going to have any chance of coming away from the match with a decent result.
Liverpool hold a narrow lead after their 2 - 1 win in the first leg.

David Moss watched Chelsea's 0 - 1 English Premier Division defeat against Man Utd and notes that although Chelsea lined up with a 4-1-3-2 formation last Saturday, they normally play 4-1-2-1-2.
Ancelotti likes his teams to play possession football and Chelsea will look to get the ball down and play it. They benefit from a strong and organised defence and this could prove difficult to break down. We should also be aware of the amount of creative talent in their midfield. Lastly, we will need to make plans for their forwards as they provide a powerful presence.
Chelsea are missing a lot of first-team players but the intelligent play of attacking midfielder Frank Lampard will still be a threat that we will have to deal with.
Injured Players: Joe Cole and Ricardo Carvalho
Unavailable Players: Hilário, Florent Malouda and John Obi Mikel

Northwood_DK

02-06-2010, 10:21 AM

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Week: 17
Date: Tue 27/ 04 / 2010
Headline: Rearguard action provides memorable Reds victory
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Liverpool 3 - 0 Chelsea (Champions League Semi Final)
A sturdy defence and a battling midfield display were the foundations upon which Liverpool built their 3 - 0 victory over Chelsea this evening. A brace from Fernando Torres helped Liverpool to victory.
When Frank Lampard gave away a very questionable penalty after just 11 minutes of play, Torres confidently stepped up to score from the spot. Torres doubled Liverpool's lead with a well executed finish on 17 minutes after a major mistake by Chelsea keeper Petr Cech. The keeper tried to dribble past Torres outside the penalty arrear with a disastrous result. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard completed the rout with a placed shot on 21 minutes after another questionable performance from Petr Cech when he failed to hold an easy shot from Yossi Benayoun.
In the second half Liverpool mostly concentrated on defending and trying a counter attack or two but without Chelsea at any point being really dangerous.
Liverpool therefore win 5 - 1 on aggregate.

Attendance: 45362

Liverpool Starting 11:

José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson
Emiliano Insúa
Jamie Carragher
Michael Dingsdag
Lucas (sub 82)
Yossi Benayoun
Albert Riera
Steven Gerrard (c) (sub 45) (G:21)
Javier Mascherano
Fernando Torres (sub 45) (G: 11, 17) (MOM: 8.2)
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Jason Steele
Daniel Agger
Philipp Degen
Mauro Formica
David N'Gog (on 45)
Fábio Aurélio (on 82)
Alberto Aquilani (on 45)

Liverpool are through to the Final after a 5 - 1 aggregate win over Chelsea at Anfield. Seen as one of the contenders for the competition from the outset, Reds fans can now look forward to a European Champions Cup Final against Juventus or Olympique Lyonnais. It will be Liverpool’s 3rd Champions League final in the last six year. Liverpool has also been awarded £2,609,000 for playing in the European Champions Cup. They are guarantied another £3.5mil for playing in the final and double that amount if the win.

Northwood_DK

02-06-2010, 12:54 PM

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Week: 17
Date: Wed 28 / 04 / 2010
Headline: Repeat of 1985 final
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Fernando Torres impressed during Liverpool's convincing 5 - 1 European Champions Cup Semi Final Second Leg aggregate win over Chelsea this evening, according to BBC Sport. Torres had the quality to put the Chelsea defence to the sword and finished the match with two goals.
Striker Torres is being touted by the media as the likely winner of the English Players' Player of the Year award. Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti hailed Liverpool striker Fernando Torres' performance against his side following Chelsea's heavy 1 - 5 European Champions Cup Semi Final aggregate loss against Liverpool.
Ancelotti stated that he thought Torres was the best player on the pitch and can only hope his team doesn't have to face players of his calibre every week.

Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin feels the fans are delighted with Liverpool's convincing 5 - 1 European Champions Cup Semi Final Second Leg aggregate win over Chelsea. Richard believes the fans feel there is nothing more satisfying than getting one over your arch rivals.
Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres particularly impressed.
The team will be delighted that they are in the Final of the Champions Cup following this result.

Liverpool will play Juventus in the European Champions Cup Final. That became clear after Juventus won 1-0 at home and to move ahead on the rule of away goals. The only goal of the match was scored by 35-year veteran Alessandro Del Piero.
The final will be played at Santiago Bernabéu on Saturday* 22nd May 2010. Liverpool and Juventus actually played each other in the final of the Champions Cup back in 1985, with Juventus lifting the trophy on that occasion.

Coach John McMahon was present as Liverpool Reserves emerged victorious against Everton Reserves at Prenton Park this evening. McMahon singled out Jay Spearing as the team's top performer. The defensive midfielder created a goal to round off an impressive display.
Liverpool Reserves are currently lying in 7th place in the English Reserves Group 2.

Injury-ravaged Aston Villa are slight underdogs (Aston Villa: 11-5 Draw: 11-5 Liverpool: Evens) in what should prove a tightly contested affair against league leaders Liverpool, according to Sky Bet.
Liverpool are currently on a five match unbeaten run and the title contenders lie in 2nd place in the English Premier Division. Aston Villa have been performing above expectations in the English Premier Division all season and find themselves in 5th place.
David Moss watched Aston Villa's 1 - 2 English Premier Division defeat against Tottenham last Saturday and noted that Aston Villa play a defensive 4-4-2 formation and often look to draw the opposition onto them before attempting a counter-attack. The pitch at Villa Park is narrow, which will suit teams who play predominantly through the middle. Wide players will struggle to make an impact. O'Neill likes his teams to play possession football and Aston Villa will look to get the ball down and play it. Their midfield are good on the ball and can create chances. Finally, it will be important to defend deep or use fast defenders as their attacking pace may cause problems.
Aston Villa are missing a lot of first-team players but the raw pace of left winger Ashley Young will still be a threat that we will have to deal with.
Injured Players: Gabby Agbonlahor, Stephen Warnock, Luke Young, Emile Heskey and Wilfred Bouma
Unavailable Players: None

* Thought this was a mistake as the Champions league finals have always been played on Wednesday but it turns out that this year the final will actually be played on Saturday 22nd May

Northwood_DK

02-06-2010, 03:33 PM

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Week: 17
Date: Thu 29/ 04 / 2010
Headline: Aston Villa stun Reds
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Aston Villa 1 - 0 Liverpool (Premier League)
Aston Villa upset the odds with a surprise victory over Liverpool. Liverpool decided to start with some of the heroes from Tuesdays Champions League win on the bench and hoped that the backups could step up and win this vitally important Premier league game against Villa. Centre-back Curtis Davies gave Aston Villa the lead with a mighty header from within the six-yard box in the 15th minute. Midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker's red card for a vicious foul on 59 minutes put Aston Villa's position under question. Liverpool covered a lot of ground but also conceded far too many fouls, meaning their effort was often for nothing.

Attendance: 42640

Liverpool Starting 11:

Inf. Con
José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson
Emiliano Insúa
Daniel Agger (LMOM: 7.2)
Michael Dingsdag
Philipp Degen (sub 45)
Albert Riera
Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (sub 45)
Javier Mascherano (c)
Alberto Aquilani
David N'Gog (sub 60)
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Jason Steele
Jamie Carragher
Yossi Benayoun
Mauro Formica (on 60)
Fernando Torres (on 45)
Fábio Aurélio
Steven Gerrard (on 45)

Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin believes the fans are disappointed with Liverpool's 0 - 1 English Premier Division defeat against Aston Villa. Philipp Degen, Mauro Formica and David N'Gog were the main targets for the fans' criticism and Lucas was one of the players mentioned who they would have preferred to see in the starting line-up.

Northwood_DK

02-07-2010, 02:56 AM

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Week: 17
Date: Fri 30/ 04 / 2010
Headline: Liverpools gets ready for Man Utd
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In-form Man Utd are clear favourites (Man Utd: 4-6 Draw: 9-4 Liverpool: 7-2) in this home encounter but will still have to make sure they do a professional job against league leaders Liverpool, according to Sky Bet.
Following Liverpool's 0 - 1 English Premier Division defeat against Aston Villa last Thursday, Northwood's side are currently 2nd in the Premier Division with 74 points from 35 matches.
Man Utd have notched up six straight wins and the title contenders occupy 4th place in the English Premier Division.
David Moss watched Man Utd's 1 - 0 English Premier Division victory over Chelsea last Saturday and noted that Man Utd play a defensive 4-4-2 formation and often look to draw the opposition onto them before attempting a counter-attack. The pitch at Old Trafford is long which will favour teams playing a direct style. If defenders push up there will be a lot of space to exploit in behind them for the quicker players to take advantage of.

Ferguson likes his teams to play possession football and Man Utd will look to get the ball down and play it. They benefit from a strong and organised defence and this could prove difficult to break down. Their midfield are good on the ball and can create chances. Lastly, we will need to make plans for their forwards as they are strong and quick.

Moss believes that a potential threat to our defence will be the pace of central midfielder Anderson.

Injured Players: Giuseppe Rossi

Northwood_DK

02-07-2010, 04:20 AM

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Week: 17
Date: Sat 01/ 05 / 2010
Headline: Important dates in May
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Assistant manager Sammy Lee has reminded Liverpool of some important dates in the month ahead:

2.5.2010 - Man Utd v Liverpool (Premier Division)
5.5.2010 - Arsenal v Liverpool (Premier Division)
9.5.2010 - Liverpool v Arsenal (Premier Division)
10.5.2010 - England Under 19s v Switzerland Under 19s (Euro U19 Ch'ship Quals)
12.5.2010 - Belarus Under 19s v England Under 19s (Euro U19 Ch'ship Quals)
15.5.2010 - England Under 19s v Finland Under 19s (Euro U19 Ch'ship Quals)
22.5.2010 - Juventus v Liverpool (Champions League Final)

To summarise, the board are pleased with Thomas Northwoods management of the team.
This has been underlined by the fans' delight at Liverpool's convincing 5 - 1 European Champions League Semi Final Second Leg aggregate win over Chelsea. Despite the positives, Liverpool's heavy 1 - 4 English FA Cup Sixth Round Replay defeat against Arsenal cannot be ignored and the fans have voiced their discontent at the result.

The club recorded a loss of £1M last month.

Monthly Turnover: £14.19M
Previous Month: £9.44M
Main Income: Prize Money £4.78M
Monthly Expenditure: £15.2M
Previous Month: £14.73M
Main Expenditure: Player Wages £3.99M

Liverpool assistant manager Sammy Lee has decided to give you some feedback on how training has been going over the past month.
The following players have trained well over the past month:
Jason Steele (Goalkeeping)
Alexander Kacaniklic (Aerobic)
Christopher Buchtmann (Tactics)

With twelve teams in action and 16 goals scored, the best viewing was to be found at Villa Park where a crowd of 42640 witnessed a shock result during Aston Villa's 1 - 2 defeat against Wolves. Perhaps the biggest talking point from the game was a glaring error by Wolves' Segundo Castillo.
Elsewhere, Carlos Tevez scored a real poacher's effort during Everton's 0 - 1 defeat against Man City and 25404 watched Hull's 2 - 1 victory over Sunderland where Daryl Murphy scored the pick of the goals with a thumping header.

Northwood_DK

02-07-2010, 09:16 AM

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Week: 17
Date: Sun 02/ 05 / 2010
Headline: Honours even at Old Trafford
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Manchester United 1 - 1 Liverpool (Premier Division)
Liverpool were held to a draw by Manchester United in a close-fought Premier Division match played at Old Trafford. Bulgaria captain Dimitar Berbatov gave Man Utd the lead with a powerful close range effort in the 14h minute. It came after one of the few mistakes José Manuel Reina have made this year when he failed to hold on to a low cross from Ryan Giggs and left it just in front of Berbatov. Liverpool had to scramble after 48 minutes and move some players around when captain Steven Gerrard had to leave the field with what looked like a chest injury. Cultured midfielder Alberto Aquilani took over as the attacking midfielder and it only took him 2 minutes to equalise for Liverpool with a well timed close range finish. This time it was Manchester United keeper Edwin van der Sar that looked bad.

Attendance: 76212

Liverpool Starting 11:

José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson
Emiliano Insúa
Jamie Carragher
Daniel Agger (sub 48)
Lucas
Yossi Benayoun (LMOM: 7.3)
Albert Riera
Steven Gerrard (c) (inj 48)
Fernando Torres
David N'Gog (sub 62)
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Michael Dingsdag (on 48)
Martin Skrtel
Mauro Formica
Javier Mascherano (on 62)
Fábio Aurélio
Alberto Aquilani (on 48) (G: 50)
Philipp Degen

Everything is now set up for a very interesting finish to this year English Premier League. Before the final games the standing is like this:

1. Man City 77 points – remaining game: Home against Bolton (6th)
2. Liverpool 75 points - remaining games: Away and home against Arsenal (7th)
3. Chelsea 74 points - remaining game: Home against Portsmouth (20th)
4. Man U 73 points - remaining game: Away against Wigan (13th)

Liverpool got it all in there own hands but got two very difficult games between them and the title.

Spain boss Vicente Del Bosque was seen at Old Trafford during Liverpool's English Premier Division 1 - 1 draw with Man Utd. It is believed Del Bosque was casting an eye over the progress of José Manuel Reina, Albert Riera and Fernando Torres for his next Spain squad.

Dave Galley has reported that attacking midfielder Steven Gerrard has suffered a bruised rib after a late tackle during the match against Man Utd. Galley advises you that Gerrard will be treated by the club's physios. It is likely that Gerrard will be out for between 4 days and 5 days whilst he is treated. Dave Galley has reported that defensive midfielder Javier Mascherano has suffered a thigh strain after awkwardly striking the ball during the match against Man Utd.
Galley advises that a thigh strain can either be treated by the club's physios or managed by injections.
Injections: Will get through the next game against Arsenal but could then be out for between 12 days and 2 weeks.
Physio: Out for between 9 days and 11 days.
Mascherano will be treated at Liverpool by the club's physios.

Northwood_DK

02-07-2010, 09:53 AM

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Week: 18
Date: Mon 03/ 05 / 2010
Headline: El Zhar loan finishes
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Nabil El Zhar has completed his loan spell at Blackpool and returns to Liverpool. El Zhar made 17 appearances with an average rating of 7.00 during his spell at Blackpool, scoring 3 goals and making 5 assists.
Nabil El Zhar has indicated that he has enjoyed his spell at Blackpool. He feels he learnt a lot during his spell on loan and is hoping that this increased experience will help his chances of establishing himself within the Liverpool squad. Yossi Benayoun has played well in the period Dirk Kuyt has been away with his injury and established himself in the league. At this point Nabil El Zhar looks like a 3rd option at best.

Northwood_DK

02-07-2010, 10:59 AM

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Week: 18
Date: Tue 04/ 05 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool face Arsenal in Premier Division clash
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Liverpool go into this away game with every chance of walking away with something (Arsenal: Evens Draw: 11-5 Liverpool: 11-5) against slight favourites Arsenal, according to Sky Bet.
Following Liverpool's English Premier Division 1 - 1 draw with Man Utd last Sunday, Northwood's side are currently 2nd in the Premier Division with 75 points from 36 matches.
Following Arsenal's English Premier Division 0 - 0 draw with Chelsea last Sunday, Wenger's side are currently 8th in the Premier Division with 62 points from 36 matches.
David Moss watched Arsenal's English Premier Division 0 - 0 draw with Chelsea last Sunday and noted that Arsenal play a defensive 4-1-4-1 formation and often look to draw the opposition onto them before attempting a counter-attack. The pitch at Emirates Stadium is long which will favour teams playing a direct style. If defenders push up there will be a lot of space to exploit in behind them for the quicker players to take advantage of.
Wenger likes his teams to play possession football and Arsenal will look to get the ball down and play it. They benefit from a strong and organised defence and this could prove difficult to break down. Their midfield are good on the ball and can create chances. Finally, it will be important to defend deep or use fast defenders as their attacking pace may cause problems.
Arsenal are missing a lot of first-team players but the intelligent play of central midfielder Cesc Fàbregas will still be a threat that we will have to deal with.
Injured Players: Henri Lansbury and William Gallas
Unavailable Players: Nacer Barazite, Jack Wilshere, Armand Traoré, Lukasz Fabianski and Thomas Vermaelen

Dave Galley has reported that there are still a few injury problems persisting within the Liverpool squad.
Steven Gerrard (bruised rib) is close to a return to full fitness and should soon be available for selection.
Javier Mascherano (thigh strain) and Dirk Kuyt (torn calf muscle) are still a couple of weeks away from returning to full training and the European Champions Cup Final match against Juventus on Saturday 22nd May could be considered a realistic target for a possible return.

Coach John McMahon was present as Liverpool Reserves emerged victorious against Newcastle United Reserves at St. James' Park this evening. McMahon singled out Nabil El Zhar who just returned form a loan as the team's top performer. The right winger created a goal to round off an impressive display.
Liverpool Reserves finished the season in 6th place in the English Reserves Group 2.

Northwood_DK

02-08-2010, 10:56 AM

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Week: 18
Date: Wed 05/ 05 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool take their chances
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Arsenal 1 - 4 Liverpool (Premier League)
Arsenal succumbed to a 4 - 1 loss in this evening's English Premier Division clash at Emirates Stadium. A brace from David N'Gog helped Liverpool to victory.
Things did not get off to a good start for Liverpool as Arsenal's Eduardo scored from the spot after Daniel Agger had given away a penalty. That was also the score at halftime when Tom Northwood gave the team a pep-talk and changed to a more offensive formation with two attackers. That changed the game completely and Liverpool came out to the second half as a different team. Liverpool's equaliser came through David N'Gog as he seized on Gaël Clichy's mistake to score a placed shot. It was a superb solo effort and N'Gog looked delighted. Israel captain Yossi Benayoun then put the away side in front after 63 minutes with a close range header. Another goal was added when N'Gog scored with a well executed finish in the 66th minute after another mistake by the Gunners defends. Young striker Nikola Saric completed the rout with a well timed close range finish on 77 minutes. That was the young Danes first ever goal for the Liverpool senior team in an EPL game.

Attendance: 60361

Liverpool Starting 11:

José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson
Emiliano Insúa
Jamie Carragher (c)
Daniel Agger
Lucas
Yossi Benayoun (G: 63)
Albert Riera
Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (sub 45)
Alberto Aquilani
Fernando Torres (sub 69)
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Michael Dingsdag
Martin Skrtel
Mauro Formica
Nikola Saric (on 69) (G: 77)
Fábio Aurélio
David N'Gog (on 45) (G: 47, 66) (MOM: 8.5)
Philipp Degen

Liverpool captain Jamie Carragher has heaped praise upon manager Thomas Northwood after their team's superb 4 - 1 win over Arsenal. Carragher claimed that it was Northwood's words at half-time that inspired the team to overturn the deficit and emerge victorious at the final whistle. Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin feels the fans are pleased with Liverpool's convincing 4 - 1 English Premier Division victory over Arsenal. Emiliano Insúa, Yossi Benayoun and David N'Gog particularly impressed.
Liverpool have climbed above Man City to 1st in the English Premier Division.

A display of attacking football saw David N'Gog pick up the man of the match award during Liverpool's convincing 4 - 1 English Premier Division victory over Arsenal this evening. N'Gog had the quality to put the Arsenal defence to the sword and finished the match with two goals.
N'Gog has made forty-six appearances for Liverpool so far this season, scoring nineteen goals.

Northwood_DK

02-09-2010, 02:38 PM

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Week: 18
Date: Thu 06/ 05 / 2010
Headline: Player called up for international duty
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Adam Pepper has been called up to the England Under 19s squad to face Switzerland Under 19s, Belarus Under 19s and Finland Under 19s. The matches take place on May 10th, May 12th and May 15th.

Northwood_DK

02-09-2010, 02:39 PM

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Week: 18
Date: Fri 07/ 05 / 2010
Headline: Liverpool face Arsenal in Premier Division clash
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League leaders Liverpool's home advantage gives them the edge (Liverpool: Evens Draw: 11-5 Arsenal: 11-5) in what should be a close encounter against Arsenal, according to Sky Bet. Following Liverpool's convincing 4 - 1 English Premier Division victory over Arsenal last Wednesday, Northwood's side are currently 1st in the Premier Division with 78 points from 37 matches.
Following Arsenal's heavy 1 - 4 English Premier Division defeat against Liverpool last Wednesday, Wenger's side are currently 8th in the Premier Division with 62 points from 37 matches.

Northwood_DK

02-09-2010, 02:40 PM

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Week: 18
Date: Sat 08 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Carragher rallies the troops
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Liverpool's Jamie Carragher has urged his team to beat Arsenal in Sunday's end-of-season thriller at Anfield. The Liverpool central defender told icLiverpool.co.uk that the race for the title was in their hands and a win against The Gunners would guarantee the title for The Reds.
Carragher, who is valued at £4.3M, currently has 14 months remaining on his £90K p/w deal at Anfield.

Thomas Northwood was not giving much away as he met journalists ahead of Liverpool's match against Arsenal in the English Premier Division. A journalist from BBC Merseyside chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "A win against Arsenal would secure the title. Are you nervous?"
Northwood's response was, "There's a few butterflies in my stomach."

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 01:37 PM

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Week: 18
Date: Sun 09 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Final day of the season
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45362 people are gathered at Anfield Road for the last game of the season to perhaps witness history.

Standing before kickoff:

1. Liverpool 78 points
2. Man City 77 points
3. Chelsea 74 points
4. Man U 73 points

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 01:58 PM

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Minute by minute update
0 min Kick-off in all the games of the last round in the 2009/2010 Premier League

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:00 PM

3 min Arsenals Farbregas sent off after just 3 minutes of play after a vicious foul on Steven Gerrard.

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:01 PM

8 min Man U moves up to 3rd place in the standing going up 0-1 against Wigan on a goal by Welbeck

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:01 PM

25 min Wigan gets a goal back and Man U is back in 4th place

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:01 PM

27 min Man U back on top and back in 3rd with another goal from Welbeck

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:02 PM

29 min And once again Wigan pulls it back to even

DataKing

02-10-2010, 02:04 PM

Nice getting the man advantage early on...now take advantage! :)

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:27 PM

Nice getting the man advantage early on...now take advantage! :)

Not sure what happened. It was not two-footed attack that normally gets a player sent off. But I take it.

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:27 PM

30 min Still no goals for Man City

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:27 PM

31 min GOAL Glen Johnson scores his first ever goal for Liverpool after a corner kick

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:28 PM

45 min Halftime. Liverpool is now just 45 min away from the league title.

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:30 PM

54 min Chelsea struggles against Portsmouth and goes down 0-1. Man U moves up to 3rd

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:31 PM

58 min Steven Gerrard is getting tired and is replaced with Michael Dingsdag. Liverpool goes to a more defensive formation

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:32 PM

64 min Chelsea back in 3rd place after a goal by Drogba.

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:40 PM

65 min Liverpool take out a tired Yossi Benayoun and replace him with Philipp Degen

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:43 PM

85 min Last sub for Liverpool. Albert Riera is out and Fábio Aurélio inn

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:43 PM

88 min Welbeck gets his hatrick and Man U is again in 3rd

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:43 PM

90 min 4 minutes of extra time added

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:44 PM

91 min Agger gets a yellow card after stopping an Arsenal player getting a free run at goal

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:46 PM

94 min Game over

LIVERPOOL WINS THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINE 1990!!!

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 02:48 PM

http://www.mayfieldathleticfc.co.uk/images/bt/match_report_sm.gif MATCH REPORT:
Liverpool 1 - 0 Arsenal (Premier League)
Liverpool battled to a deserved 1 - 0 victory over Arsenal on a fine spring afternoon in their English Premier Division game at Anfield.
Things turned sour for Arsenal when Arsenal captain Cesc Fàbregas earned himself an early bath for a vicious foul on 3 minutes. Full-back Glen Johnson gave Liverpool the lead with a freak goal in the 32nd minute. The ball hit Johnson’s leg and went inn to the net when a Arsenal defender tried to clear a corner. Glen Johnson was the best player on the park during Liverpool's 1 - 0 win and the margin of victory should have been even greater. The Liverpool right-back enjoyed a good game for his side and more than deserved his goal. Johnson, 25, arrived at Anfield from Portsmouth for a fee of £17M in 2009.
Liverpool covered a lot of ground but also conceded far too many fouls, meaning their effort was often for nothing.
Even as perennial contenders for the English Premier Division, Liverpool had not won the competition since 1990.
Playing under the guidance of fans' favourite Thomas Northwood however, the Liverpool players have now brought glory to the buoyant fans.

Attendance: 45362

Liverpool Starting 11:

José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson (G: 32) (MOM: 8.0)
Emiliano Insúa
Jamie Carragher
Daniel Agger
Lucas
Yossi Benayoun (sub 66)
Albert Riera (sub 86)
Alberto Aquilani
Steven Gerrard (c) (sub 59)
Fernando Torres
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Michael Dingsdag (on 59)
Martin Skrtel
Mauro Formica
Nikola Saric
Fábio Aurélio (on 86)
David N'Gog
Philipp Degen (on 66)

Liverpool have won the English Premier Division title.
Despite being amongst those considered to have a chance of winning some silverware, Reds fans will celebrate this for some time to come. Manager Thomas Northwood has been labelled the mastermind behind the success and is the name on everyone's lips.
Liverpool trumped second-placed Man City to the title, with Man Utd in third. Chelsea completely collapsed in the end and was without a win in the last 6 games.
Liverpool have been given £20,632,000 for their final position in the English Premier Division. £3.4M is to be shared among the squad on a pro-rata basis after winning the Premier Division. Liverpool also have qualified for the 2010 Champions League by winning the Premier Division. The team were expected to qualify and now having sealed their place in next season's competition, fans can begin dreaming of potential future successes. For manager Thomas Northwood, the hard work now begins with an expectant fan base watching on.

Thomas Northwood appeared in good spirits as he met journalists in the wake of Liverpool's 1 - 0 English Premier Division victory over Arsenal. A journalist from The People chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "The season has drawn to a close with the last match of the Premier Division having been played. How did you rate your match against Arsenal as a closing match?"
Northwood's response was, "It was a pretty special way to end the season."

Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 03:00 PM

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Northwood_DK

02-10-2010, 03:03 PM

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Week: 19
Date: Mon 10 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Northwood named as Manager of the Year winner
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Liverpool's Thomas Northwood has won the English Premier Division Manager of the Year award. Mark Hughes of Man City was named in second place, whilst Man Utd's Alex Ferguson took the third spot.
Arsenal's Theo Walcott has won the English Players' Young Player of the Year award. With not much to choose between the top three, Liverpool's Emiliano Insúa took second place and James Vaughan of Everton came third.

The Liverpool board has issued a statement declaring that a club of Liverpool's stature was always going to be capable of winning the English Premier Division and they are happy with the achievement. The board is now keen to ensure that Northwood is able to fully concentrate on preparing the club for future challenges.
Liverpool favourite Ian Rush has commented that Reds boss Thomas Northwood had done the club and the fans proud with the English Premier Division success. Rush continued by stating that even though Liverpool were one of the favourites for the trophy, it still takes a manager of a high calibre to lead his team past the finishing post.
Supporter spokesperson Richard Martin feels the fans are pleased with Liverpool's 1 - 0 English Premier Division victory over Arsenal. Glen Johnson was particularly impressive and his performance will have delighted the Liverpool fans.
Current manager Thomas Northwood has been at Liverpool for 10 months, having joined the club in July 2009. Thomas Northwood has at last staked his claim that he is one of the most successful Danish managers of all time, boasting a managerial record that is comparable to the greatest. The accomplished Liverpool boss has shown himself to be no stranger to success and is likely to add to his growing collection of silverware in the near future.

Northwood_DK

02-11-2010, 12:00 AM

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Week: 19
Date: Tue 11 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Rooney scoops Top Goalscorer award
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Manchester United's Wayne Rooney has won the English Premier Division Top Goalscorer award.
Rooney has been the top striker in the English Premier Division this season, scoring 25 goals. Rooney finished level with Fernando Torres but claimed the award by virtue of playing fewer matches, whilst Carlos Tevez came in third place.

Northwood_DK

02-11-2010, 10:23 AM

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Week: 19
Date: Wed 12 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Torres claims Players' Player of Year
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Liverpool's Fernando Torres has won the English Players' Player of the Year award. Robinho of Man City was some way off in second place with Chelsea's Didier Drogba a close third.

Manchester City's Carlos Tevez has won the English Footballer of the Year award. There was nothing to choose between the top three and the award could easily have gone to either Man Utd's Wayne Rooney or Frank Lampard from Chelsea, who came second and third respectively.

Northwood_DK

02-11-2010, 10:35 AM

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Week: 19
Date: Thu 13 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Torres acknowledges his manager's contribution
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Liverpool's Fernando Torres has indicated in a local newspaper that his manager Thomas Northwood was a key reason for the consistent form that recently won him the English Players' Player of the Year award.

At Madrid today won the Euro Cup for the first time in the team’s history. The triumph came after a 2-1 over Bordeaux. The big hero for Athletico was Folan who scored the winning goal after 33minutes

Fernando Torres has been rewarded for his recent fine form for Liverpool with a new contract. Torres was handed a new 5 year contract worth £32,000,000. The Spanish international has been in lethal form for Liverpool this season, leading the club's scoring charts with thirty-three goals in fifty-two appearances.

Liverpool have paid out £85K to be shared among the squad on a pro-rata basis after reaching the Sixth Round in the FA Cup.

Northwood_DK

02-11-2010, 11:07 AM

I was a bit surprising that we actually ended up winning the Premier League this season. I took a look at the numbers and it turned out that the 81 points Liverpool finished with this season is the lowest total by the EPL winner in the last 10 years. The average points total for the winning teams in those 10 years was 89 points.
A good argument can be made that Liverpool didn’t win it this year but Chelsea lost it down the stretch.

Northwood_DK

02-11-2010, 03:02 PM

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Week: 19
Date: Fri 14 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Kuyt resumes full training
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Liverpool's Dirk Kuyt has returned to full training. The twenty-nine year old striker had been out of contention for 3 months following a shin injury. Kuyt has been in superb form for Liverpool so far this season, contributing five goals and nine assists in thirty-three appearances.
It’s still unclear if Kuyt will play a part in the Champions League final in 8 days or if Tom Northwood will stay with the team that just won the Premier League. It’s still believed that Dirk Kuyt will be a part of the Holland World Cup team despite his 3 months absence from football.

Northwood_DK

02-13-2010, 03:15 AM

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Week: 19
Date: Sat 15 / 05 / 2010
Headline: FA cup
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In front of 90.000 people at Wembley stadium Man U today won the FA cup. In the game against Arsenal the Red Devils had Vidic sent off after just 28 minutes. Two late goals by Wayne Rooney was still enough to win the game for Man U and give them there first FA Cup win since 2004.

Northwood_DK

02-13-2010, 03:16 AM

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Week: 19
Date: Sun 16 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Galley physio report on Javier Mascherano
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Dave Galley has reported that defensive midfielder Javier Mascherano has sustained a bruised head following a robust challenge during a training session. Galley advises you that Mascherano will be treated by the club's physios. It is likely that Mascherano will be out for between 5 days and 6 days whilst he is treated. Javier Mascherano is now very questionable for the Champions league final next weekend.

The leagues around Europe have all found winners for the 2009/2010 season.
In Denmark it was no surprise that FC København ran away with the title for the 5th time in seven years. In Italy it was Inter who won the title this year in front of Milan and with Juventus on 3rd.
In Spain Real Madrid won the title one point ahead of Barcelona with Villarreal a distant 3rd.

Northwood_DK

02-13-2010, 05:48 AM

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Week: 20
Date: Mon 17 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Javier Mascherano ruled out
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Liverpool's Javier Mascherano has told TEAMtalk.com of his disappointment that he will miss the European Champions League Final against Juventus on May 22nd through injury. Instead of taking to the field against Bianconeri, Mascherano will be forced to watch his team-mates from the stands. Mauro Formica will likely take his spot on the 18-man roster.

Northwood_DK

02-14-2010, 02:30 AM

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Week: 20
Date: Tue 18 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Insúa gets reward for fine form
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Emiliano Insúa has been rewarded for his recent fine form for Liverpool with a new contract. Insúa was handed a new 4 year contract worth £2,500,000.Insúa has been looking to establish himself as a regular at Anfield this season and has performed well in the forty-six appearances he has made in a Liverpool shirt this season.

Northwood_DK

02-14-2010, 05:12 AM

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Week: 20
Date: Wed 19 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Celtic's Petrov offer accepted
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Man City have accepted the £2.88M offer from Celtic for Martin Petrov. He has been playing with the Celtic on loan for most of the season and its expected that the personal contract will be worked out during the week.

Speculation is mounting that Girondins Bordeaux manager Laurent Blanc is keeping tabs on Liverpool left winger Gerardo Bruna as he looks to expand the squad at Stade Chaban-Delmas (Parc Lescure).
Blanc has made the young winger one of his top transfer targets and will presumably be looking to follow up his interest in the near future.
Bruna signed for league champions Liverpool in 2007.

Northwood_DK

02-14-2010, 12:24 PM

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Week: 20
Date: Thu 20 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Santiago Bernabéu hit by Champions League fever
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Juventus' game against Liverpool in the European Champions League is set to be a sell-out with supporters clamouring to see their team at Santiago Bernabéu. Over 75000 tickets are expected to be sold for the European Champions League Final clash on Saturday.
Fans of Liverpool and Juventus are gearing up for what should be an entertaining match at Santiago Bernabéu.

Five-times Champions League winners Liverpool are gearing up to take on Juventus in Saturday's final.
Should they lift the trophy however, the Reds will no doubt look back proudly on their twelve game run to the final which saw them score twenty-nine goals and concede just eight.
Meanwhile, two-times winners Juventus also head into the final with the knowledge that history has seen them finish runners-up in the competition more times than they have won it.
Both clubs will be doing everything they can to ensure victory.

Northwood_DK

02-14-2010, 11:47 PM

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Week: 20
Date: Fri 21 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Santiago Bernabéu hit by Champions League fever
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English champions Liverpool are just about favourites (Liverpool: 6-4 Draw: N/A Juventus: 13-8) to overcome the opposition in what should prove a tightly contested affair against Italian Serie A team Juventus, according to Sky Bet. Both clubs will be doing everything they can to ensure victory.
The referee for the match will be Babak Rafati from Hannover who has shown 18 yellow cards and no red cards in his six Champions League games so far this season.

David Moss watched Juventus' 2 - 3 Serie A defeat against A.C. Milan and notes that although Juventus lined up with a 4-1-3-2 formation last Sunday, they normally play 4-1-2-1-2.
Juventus don't play a particular passing style and like to mix it around a bit. They benefit from a strong and organised defence and this could prove difficult to break down. They are unlikely to pose an aerial threat so we should concentrate on preventing their strikers from receiving the ball to feet.
Moss warns that Juventus have a technically gifted player in Diego and we should look to limit the attacking midfielder's creativity.
Injured Players: None
Unavailable Players: Troy Perkins, David Trezeguet and Felipe Melo

Northwood_DK

02-15-2010, 11:27 AM

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Week: 20
Date: Sat 22 / 05 / 2010
Headline: The BIG day
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Liverpool favourite John Aldridge has singled out attacking midfielder Diego as the most influential Juventus player for the forthcoming game, according to worldsoccer.com. Aldridge declared that the Reds should get something out of this game provided they put the shackles on Juventus' main attacking threat.
Diego has been in superb form for Juventus so far this season, contributing twelve goals and thirteen assists in forty-eight appearances.

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Juventus 1 - 4 Liverpool (Champions League Final)
Juventus succumbed to a 4 - 1 loss in this evening's European Champions League Final clash at Santiago Bernabéu. A brace from Fernando Torres helped Liverpool to victory.
Striker Fernando Torres got Liverpool off to a flyer by scoring a placed shot on 9 minutes when Alberto Aquilani sent him past the Juventus defends on a nice deep ball. Commanding centre-back Jamie Carragher doubled Liverpool's lead with a thumping header on 14 minutes when the Old Lady’s defends completely forgot to mark him on a corner kick. An error from Gianluigi Buffon allowed cultured midfielder Alberto Aquilani to score a close range header. Buffon completely misjudged the cross from Yossi Benayoun. Del Piero then scored from the penalty spot after Agger gave away a penalty. That made the score 3-1 at halftime.
In the second half Juventus saw their 52nd minute strike questionably chalked off. The slow-motion clearly showed that Vincenzo Iaquinta was offside. Things then went from bad to worse for Juventus as Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro earned himself an early bath for ungentlemanly conduct on 66 minutes when he clipped Torres in the penalty arrear as the last defender when Torres again got away on a break. Torres was able to keep his composure to score from the spot after Cannavaro gave away a penalty.
Juventus then gave up and Liverpool was satisfied to run out the clock and start celebration the double.

Attendance: 75328

Liverpool Starting 11:

José Manuel Reina
Glen Johnson
Emiliano Insúa
Jamie Carragher (G: 14)
Daniel Agger
Lucas (sub 58)
Yossi Benayoun (sub 76)
Albert Riera
Alberto Aquilani (G: 27)
Steven Gerrard (c)
Fernando Torres (sub 85) (G: 9, 67) (MOM: 8.3)
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Michael Dingsdag (on 58)
Jason Steele
Mauro Formica
Dirk Kuyt (on 76)
Fábio Aurélio
David N'Gog (on 85)
Philipp Degen

Liverpool are celebrating a double after beating Juventus 4 - 1 in the European Champions League Final. Despite being amongst those considered to have a chance of winning some silverware, Reds fans will celebrate this outstanding achievement for some time to come. Manager Thomas Northwood has been labelled the mastermind behind the success and is the name on everyone's lips.
Liverpool beat the likes of R. Madrid, Sporting CP and Chelsea on their way to sealing the second trophy of their fantastic double.

Thomas Northwood appeared in an equivocal mood as he met journalists in the wake of Liverpool's convincing 4 - 1 European Champions League Final victory over Juventus. A journalist from the Daily Post chose the main focus point for the conference, asking, "Liverpool fans will be celebrating tonight after you guided them to victory in the Champions League. What did you think of the match?"
Northwood's response was,
"I am so pleased, to win this is a magnificent achievement."
It is thought that the Liverpool squad should react well to Northwood's handling of the question.

The fans of Liverpool will be nursing hangovers tomorrow after the team led by Thomas Northwood brought home the European Champions League. The secretary for the official supporters' club announced that Northwood's skill and success as a manager would put many of his contemporaries to shame. On the field it was Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher and Fernando Torres who particularly impressed the fans.
Liverpool have been awarded £6,087,000 for winning against Juventus in the European Champions Cup.

Northwood_DK

02-15-2010, 01:53 PM

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Week: 20
Date: Sun 23 / 05 / 2010
Headline: The day after
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The Liverpool board have issued a statement declaring that they are very happy with victory in the European Champions League and are grateful to manager Thomas Northwood for doing the club proud.
They stated their surprise at this achievement and wished to thank Northwood for leading the club to this unexpected success.
Reds favourite Robbie Fowler has declared that this was a very proud day for the club and its fans.
Fowler, who now plays for Australian Hyundai A-League side North Qld Fury FC, continued by stating that current boss Thomas Northwood had done wonders to win the European Champions League with the players at his disposal and that the Liverpool board should be extremely grateful to have such a talented manager in charge of the club.

Fernando Torres impressed during Liverpool's convincing 4 - 1 European Champions League Final victory over Juventus this evening, according to icLiverpool.co.uk. Torres had the quality to put the Juventus defence to the sword and finished the match with two goals. Juventus boss Ciro Ferrara hailed Liverpool striker Fernando Torres' performance against his side following Juventus' heavy 1 - 4 European Champions League Final defeat against Liverpool.
Ferrara stated that he thought Torres was the best player on the pitch and can only hope his team doesn't have to face players of his calibre every week.
The Liverpool top scorer is one of the top earners at Anfield and has recently signed a new deal which will keep him at Liverpool until June 2015.

Northwood_DK

02-15-2010, 11:50 PM

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Week: 21
Date: Mon 24 / 05 / 2010
Headline: The club is saved?
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Liverpool have been given £21,739,000 from Champions Cup television revenue. Liverpool have paid out £5.25M to be shared among the squad on a pro-rata basis after winning the Champions Cup. This is very good news for a club who still owns the banks £326mil and who will have to pay back £3.6mil pr month for the next 10 years. The club will make a profit of close to £40mil this season

New Liverpool manager Tom Northwood finished the season with a 38-12-8 record (W-D-L) and a +64 goal differential.

The Liverpool squad has now gone on holiday until pre-season begins. Players will report back for training on Monday 5th July 2010. For several of the Liverpool player it will be a very short holiday as they will have to join there national teams to get ready for the World Cup in just a few weeks,

Liverpool's Yossi Benayoun has won the European Champions Leagues Best Player award. Liverpool's José Manuel Reina came in second place with Frank Lampard of Chelsea in third but both were some way off the eventual winner.
Liverpool's Fernando Torres has won the European Champions League Golden Boot award. Torres has been the top striker in the European Champions League this season, scoring 10 goals. Wayne Rooney of Man Utd was runner-up and R. Madrid's Gonzalo Higuaín completed the top three.
José Manuel Reina, Yossi Benayoun and Fernando Torres were selected in the European Champions League Dream Team first eleven.

All the teams that will play in the EPL next year have now been found. The final team to book a place in best English division next year was West Bromwich Albion. The Albions won 1-0 over Sheff Wed despite having a man sent off already in the second minute of the game.
They will join Middlesbrough and Sheff Utd who was both direct qualifiers. Newcastle was th big looser as they first blew it in the final day of the regular season and then again in the playoffs and will have to stay down for another season. The teams relegated from the second best division was Blackpool, Watford and Coventry.

Northwood_DK

02-16-2010, 12:32 PM

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Week: 21
Date: Tue 25 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Backroom Advice Meeting
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Sammy Lee has noted that Liverpool had not organised a backroom meeting since Tuesday 7th July.
The backroom team has some information that they wish to share and they hope Thomas Northwood will find the time to attend a meeting in the near future.

Liverpool boss Thomas Northwood indicated his belief that central defender Stephen Sama could learn a lot from Jamie Carragher's approach to the game both on and off the pitch.
Whilst speaking to The People, Liverpool boss Thomas Northwood has spoken of how pleased he is with goalkeeper José Manuel Reina's recent form. Northwood followed this up by indicating that he expected Reina to maintain his good form.
Speaking to Football365.com, Liverpool boss Thomas Northwood admitted that he has seen certain signs in training that central defender Jamie Carragher would make a good coach.
Northwood continued by stating that he thought Carragher would be well suited to a coaching role and would consider offering him a role at the club should the circumstances permit.

Northwood_DK

02-16-2010, 12:32 PM

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Week: 21
Date: Wed 26 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Leeds' promotion
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Leeds' promotion to the Coca-Cola Championship has meant that they have been forced to pay £40,000 to Man Utd. This is due to a clause in the transfer of Danny Simpson between the two clubs.

Whilst speaking to LiverpoolDailyPost.co.uk, Liverpool boss Thomas Northwood has spoken of how pleased he is with right-back Glen Johnson's recent form. Northwood followed this up by indicating that he expected Johnson to maintain his good form.
Speaking to icLiverpool.co.uk, Liverpool boss Thomas Northwood has commented on left midfielder Albert Riera's recent form for the club.
Northwood stated that he thought Riera had played reasonably well of late, although he did insist that there was quite a lot of scope for improvement.

Northwood_DK

02-16-2010, 12:33 PM

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Week: 21
Date: Thu 27 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Sporting Play draw
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Slovakia, Israel and Austria have been allocated an extra place in the EURO Cup for next season due to their performance in the Sporting Play table.

Northwood_DK

02-16-2010, 12:33 PM

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Week: 21
Date: Fri 28 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Highdale leaves club
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Liverpool's Sean Highdale did not do enough to secure a professional contract after coming through the youth system. Sean Highdale has been released on a free transfer having failed to earn a contract at Liverpool.
Highdale started his career at Anfield but the youngster failed to play a senior game for the club and was seemingly deemed surplus to requirements by manager Thomas Northwood.
He has been released from the club and is now available on a free transfer.

Northwood_DK

02-16-2010, 11:49 PM

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Week: 21
Date: Sat 29 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Sama delight at Carragher tuition
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After being encouraged to learn from Jamie Carragher by his boss Thomas Northwood, Liverpool's young centre-back Stephen Sama responded in an appreciative manner. Liverpool player Stephen Sama has expressed his delight at having the chance to work alongside Jamie Carragher.
Sama revealed that he has a lot of respect for Carragher and was looking forward to learning some additional movement and also adjusting his mentality off the pitch.
Liverpool player Jamie Carragher feels that he has a lot to offer Stephen Sama. Carragher indicated that he is happy to pass on his experience and knowledge to Sama.

Northwood_DK

02-17-2010, 11:19 PM

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Week: 21
Date: Sun 30 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Seventeen players called up for international duty
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Seventeen Liverpool players got a very short holiday as they have been called up for international duty. This is not including the Liverpool players getting ready to represent there country in the World Cup next months.

Match Date: June 3rd.
England Under 19s: Adam Pepper
France Under 19s: Chris Mavinga

Match Date: June 4th.
Denmark Under 21s: Nikola Saric and Nicolaj Køhlert
France Under 21s: David N'Gog
England Under 21s: Jason Steele

Match Date: June 5th.
Iceland: Victor Pálsson
Greece: Sotiris Kyrgiakos
Slovakia: Martin Skrtel
Finland: Lauri Dalla Valle
Hungary: Krisztián Németh and András Simon
Sweden: Alexander Kacaniklic
Ukraine: Andriy Voronin
Turkey: Hakan Duyan
Norway: Ruben Yttergård Jenssen
Israel: Yossi Benayoun

Northwood_DK

02-17-2010, 11:20 PM

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Week: 22
Date: Mon 31 / 05 / 2010
Headline: Loan finishes
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Mikel San José has completed his loan spell at Athletic and returns to Liverpool. San José made 2 appearances with an average rating of 6.20 and made one assist during his spell at Athletic.
András Simon has completed his loan spell at Córdoba and returns to Liverpool. Simon made 37 appearances with an average rating of 5.68 during his spell at Córdoba, scoring 4 goals and making one assist.
Krisztián Németh has completed his loan spell at AEK and returns to Liverpool. Németh made 51 appearances with an average rating of 6.51 during his spell at AEK, scoring 20 goals and making 11 assists.

Northwood_DK

02-18-2010, 01:24 PM

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Week: 22
Date: Tue 01 / 06 / 2010
Headline: Board Confidence Update
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To summarise, the board are very pleased with Tom Northwoods overall leadership of the team. This has been underlined by the fans' delight at Liverpool's convincing 5 - 1 European Champions Cup Semi Final Second Leg aggregate win over Chelsea.
However, the board are slightly disappointed with the team's performance in the FA Cup.

The club made a profit of £26.1M last month.
Monthly Turnover: £55.12M
Previous Month: £14.19M
Main Income: Prize Money £26.71M
Monthly Expenditure: £29.01M
Previous Month: £15.2M
Main Expenditure: Bonuses £9.21M

Northwood_DK

02-18-2010, 01:24 PM

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Week: 22
Date: Wed 02 / 06 / 2010
Headline: Important dates in June
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Assistant manager Sammy Lee has reminded the Liverpool front office of some important dates in the month ahead:

3.6.2010 - England Under 19s v Austria Under 19s (U19 International)
4.6.2010 - England Under 21s v Austria Under 21s (U21 International)
5.6.2010 - England v Austria (Friendly)
16.6.2010 - England v Bulgaria (World Cup)
21.6.2010 - England v Saudi Arabia (World Cup)
25.6.2010 - Cameroon v England (World Cup)
30.6.2010 - Nikolay Mihaylov's loan finishes
30.6.2010 - Charles Itandje's loan finishes
30.6.2010 - Krisztián Adorján's loan finishes
30.6.2010 - 13 Liverpool Reserves contracts expire

Northwood_DK

02-18-2010, 04:45 PM

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Week: 22
Date: Thu 03 / 06 / 2010
Headline: Pulis chases Kacaniklic
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Liverpool's young Swedish winger Alexander Kacaniklic is being targeted by Stoke. The Potters are said to be looking to add to their squad at Britannia Stadium and believe the left winger will fit the bill perfectly. Kacaniklic is currently considering a contract offer from his club but rumours are still linking the player with a possible move to Aston Villa.

Liverpool assistant manager Sammy Lee has reported back on the only Liverpool player to be involved in today's international fixtures:
Japan Under 19s 2 - 2 France Under 19s (U19 International)
Nineteen-year-old central defender Chris Mavinga didn't have the best of games for France Under 19s and was eventually substituted.

Northwood_DK

02-19-2010, 10:48 AM

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Week: 22
Date: Fri 04 / 06 / 2010
Headline: International Round-Up
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Liverpool assistant manager Sammy Lee has reported back on the Liverpool players involved in today's international fixtures:

Japan Under 21s 2 - 0 France Under 21s (U21 International)
Twenty-one-year-old striker David N'Gog came on as a substitute for France Under 21s and did well.

England Under 21s 3 - 1 Austria Under 21s (U21 International)
Nineteen-year-old goalkeeper Jason Steele came on as a substitute for England Under 21s and did well.

Chinese Taipei (China PR) Under 21s 0 - 3 Denmark Under 21s (U21 International)
Seventeen-year-old young midfielder Nicolaj Køhlert did well for Denmark Under 21s, playing the whole match and creating a goal.
Nikola Saric also played in this match.

With just one week to the start of the World Cup it was today reported that Liverpool player Alberto Aquilani has been overlooked by Italy manager Marcello Lippi for his squad for the forthcoming World Cup. Aquilani, 25, arrived at Anfield from Roma for a fee of £17.5M in 2009.
Aquilani has made 11 appearances for Italy, scoring 2 goals.

Northwood_DK

02-19-2010, 11:33 PM

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Week: 22
Date: Sat 05 / 06 / 2010
Headline: Ruud goes out with a bang
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Before this season 33-year old Dutch super star Ruud Van Nistlerooy returned home from Real Madrid to Holland and PSV to finish his career. And what a season it turned out to be. In the 52 games Van Nistlerooy started for PSV this season he scored an amazing 42 goals and also had 18 assists. That’s the highest number of goal in a season for Van Nistlerooy since his glory days in PSV back in 99-00.
Unfortunately for Holland Van Nistlerooy is retired from international football back in 2008 and will not be part of the Dutch World Cup team in South Africa. Holland will be depended on Robin Van Persie (Arsenal) and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (AC Milan) as there goal scores in South Africa.

Northwood_DK

02-24-2010, 10:03 AM

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Week: 22
Date: Sun 06 / 06 / 2010
Headline: Celtic make Kacaniklic bid
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Celtic have offered a contract to Alexander Kacaniklic. Interest in Kacaniklic is thought to be high, with Aston Villa, Bolton, Bradford, Bristol Rovers and numerous other clubs among the clubs rumoured to be looking at the player.

Northwood_DK

02-24-2010, 10:29 AM

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Week: 23
Date: Mon 07 / 06 / 2010
Headline: Brazil is ready for the World Cup
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Brazil has selected the 23 players that will represent the football crazy country in the World Cup. The only player who plays his team football in Brazil that made the team is Adriano who has played in Italy several times but who currently with Flamingo. The biggest stars on this years team is of cause Kakà (Real Madrid) and Pato (AC Milan). One of the players that didn’t make the team this year is Ronaldinho (AC Milan).

Northwood_DK

02-24-2010, 03:45 PM

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Week: 23
Date: Tue 08 / 06 / 2010
Headline: Home-grown players for Champions Cup
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Due to Liverpool's participation in the 2010 European Champions Cup, Assistant Manager Sammy Lee has reminded the team of the home-grown player rules which are in place.
Out of the squad limit of 25 players, at least 4 players must have trained at Liverpool for at least 3 seasons between the ages of 15 and 21, and at least 8 players trained at any club in England.
Currently 3 players in the Liverpool first team are classified as home-grown. (3 overall at the club)
4 players in the Liverpool first team are classified as home-grown in England. (18 overall at the club)

Northwood_DK

02-25-2010, 03:02 PM

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Week: 23
Date: Wed 09 / 06 / 2010
Headline: European club rankings announced
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Barcelona have stayed in 1st position in the new European club rankings for next season. Liverpool found themselves in 2nd position with Chelsea and Man U just behind and Milan on 4th.
The most improved team in Europe was Mogren from Montenegro who moved from 390th to 235th in the table.

Northwood_DK

02-27-2010, 05:55 AM

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Week: 23
Date: Thu 10 / 06 / 2010
Headline: World is ready for World Cup
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It’s the day before the start of the biggest sports event in the world. South Africa, 32 teams and the world is ready for the 2010 World Cup. Among the favourites to raise the World Cup trophy 11 July are Spain, Brazil, Italy, Argentina and England. Several teams is looking for the upset and don’t count out teams like Holland, France, Croatia and perhaps #4 on the Wold ranking Denmark.

Northwood_DK

02-27-2010, 05:56 AM

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Week: 23
Date: Fri 11 / 06 / 2010
Headline: World Cup Day 1 / Groupe play
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Group A

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNKG0101.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/URGY0001.GIF

The Opening match of the 2010 World Cup was played today in South Africa. Both teams had chances to win the match but in the end it was Scotland who came away with the win after a goal by Morrison in the 80th minute. The goal came after a cross from Burnley’s Steven Fletcher made it all the way to the back post where West Brom James Morrison was left lonely an easily could score with a close range header.
Scotland 1 - Uruguay 0

Group A

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/NGRA0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/ITAL0001.GIF

In the second game of the day, also in group A it was Italy against Nigeria. As normally when Italy plays it was a game with very few chances. It looked like a 0-0 draw all the way to the end when 35-year old veteran Alessandro Del Piero created some magic on his own on the edge of the penalty arrear and beautifully place the ball in the left corner for the winning goal.
Nigeria 0 – Italy 1

Northwood_DK

02-27-2010, 08:19 AM

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Week: 23
Date: Sat 12 / 06 / 2010
Headline: World Cup Day 2 / Groupe play
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Group B

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Holland totally dominated there first game of the tournament but still only came away with a 1-0 win over Canada. The lonely goal was scored by defender Khalid Boulahrouz after 30 minutes of play when he turned away a defender and scored after a corner. The game also had the first red card in this years World Cup when Dutch midfielder Nigel De Jong was sent off after 75 minutes of play.
Twenty-nine year-old striker Dirk Kuyt gave a solid performance for Holland in this match but might have picked up a minor arm injury during the game.
Holland 1 – Canada 0

Group C

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/NKOR0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/CROA0001.GIF
Croatia became the first team to score more then 1 goal in a game when they this afternoon blew away North Korea with a 4-1 win. It was North Korea who came out hot scoring already after 4 minutes when a free kick from 35yds out made it in to the top corner of the Croatian goal. It took Croatia 15 minutes get back to level when Milan Badelj made his first goal of the tournament. After 30 minutes of play Croatia scored again on a perfect long shot from Ivica Olic. In the second half Croatia added two goal in the 80th and 83rd minute by Arsenal striker Eduardo and Mladen Petric.
Croatia got the best start thinkable and with a strong teams they suddenly look like a strong contender.
North Korea 1 – Croatia 4

Group B

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/FRAN0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/GHAN0001.GIF

It was Ghana who got off to the best start when the was up 1-0 already after 16 minutes of play. The goal was scored by Charlton player Sam Lloyd on a great individual performance. France levelled the game after 27 minutes when the Ghana’s defends failed to clear the ball and gave Mathieu Bodmer the chance. The second goal came after some good France play but Ghana complained that Thierry Henry was offside when he scored almost from the goal line after 58 minutes. France then closed the match after 77 minutes when Roma defender Philippe Mexès scored after a corner.
France 3 – Ghana 1

Northwood_DK

02-28-2010, 02:50 AM

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Week: 23
Date: Sun 13 / 06 / 2010
Headline: World Cup Day 3 / Groupe play
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Chris van der Veeken has reported that striker Dirk Kuyt has sustained a damaged elbow after landing heavily during the match against Canada. The player will undergo a full assessment from the medical staff once he returns to the club but it currently looks as if he could be out for around 2 weeks.

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Group D

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The first game of the day was a wild one. 6 goals and 3 penalties. The first penalty came after 19 minutes when a hold jersey on a harmless cross turned in an early goal for the Ivory Coast. After the half South Korea got an almost identical penalty and the game was back to even. Then after 71 minutes Ivory Coast got what looked like a questionable penalty on a hand ball to retake the lead. 3 minutes later Didier Drogba made the perfect thru ball to Arouna Konè who scored easily. Just 6 minutes later South Korea was back in the match when Le Chun-Soo (PSV) scored his second goal of the game to make it 3-2. The game was then decided 86th minute when Drogba easily lobbed the ball over the South Korean keeper completely out of position.
South Korea 2 – Ivory Coast 4

Group D

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/SPAN0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/CZEC0001.GIF

One of the big favourites of the Tournament Spain started out there campaign with a win. 60000 people in Cap Town watched Andrès Iniesta (Barcelona) finishing an excellent Spanish attack with a goal after just 5 minutes of play. Then after 37 minutes it was Liverpool’s own Fernando Torres who put the second ball past Petr Cech (Chelsea) in the Czech Republic goal with a great shot from the edge of the arrear. The second half Spain controlled the ball with the Czech Republic not able to produce any clear chances. Liverpool’s Albert Riera also got 77 minutes on the field and turned inn a god performance.
Spain 2 – Czech Republic 0

Group C

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/CORC0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF

In the final game of the day Brazil’s super stars struggled to a 2-1 win over Costa Rica. Brazil had to wait 37 minutes for the first goal. It came when the keeper for Costa Rica lost a corner kick just in front of Pato (Milan) who scored easily. Then in the 63rd minute Costa Rica shocked the world when a passive Brazil defends saw Marvin Quesada equalise for Costa Rica. In the 71st minute the world was back to normal when Costa Rica completely forgot to mark Kakà on a free kick and he could easily score the winning goal. Liverpool’s Lucas played the entire game for Brazil on the defensive midfield.
Coast Rica 1 – Brazil 2

Northwood_DK

02-28-2010, 06:28 AM

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Week: 24
Date: Mon 14 / 06 / 2010
Headline: World Cup Day 4 / Group play
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Liverpool's Alexander Kacaniklic has agreed a deal with Celtic. Kacaniklic revealed that he was looking forward to working under current manager Tony Mowbray. The promising youngster have been with Liverpool for two seasons but been away from the club on loan for most of this season. The transfer will go through on Thursday 1st July 2010.

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Group E

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/EGYP0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/GERM0001.GIF

The tournament is still without a big upset. Even thou Egypt went inn to the half time break with a 1-0 lead over Germany the final result was never in question. In the second half Germany scored 3 unanswered goals for the easy win.
Egypt 1 – Germany 3

Group F

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/ARGE0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/SWIT0001.GIF

Diego Maradona and his Argentina got off to a good start even if it looked shaky for a long time. Many of the fans had already settled for a scoreless draw when Argentina scored two goals in the last 4 minutes for the win. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) scored the first when he got loss in the penalty arrear. Carlos Tevez (Man City) then scored the second just 3 minutes later on a counter attack when Switzerland pushed for a late equalizer. Tevez started on the bench but was put on the filed already after 35 minutes when Sergio Agüero (Atl Madrid) was injured (out for 4 – 5 weeks). Several Liverpool players played in this game. Twenty-six year-old Argentina captain Javier Mascherano gave a solid performance for Argentina in this match. Emiliano Insúa and Philipp Degen also played some part in the fixture.
Argentina 2 – Switcher land 0

Group E

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/MEXC0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/SERB0001.GIF

Zoran Tosic (Man U) scored his first ever goal for Serbia on a free kick from 30yds out after 56 minutes of play. 7 minutes later Mexico had a chance to equalize when they were awarded a penalty after a corner kick. Pavèl Pardo (Amèric) had a weak attempt in the middle of the goal that Serbian keeper Nebojsa Tomic had no problem saving.
Mexico 0 – Serbia 1

Northwood_DK

03-01-2010, 10:12 AM

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Week: 24
Date: Tue 15 / 06 / 2010
Headline: World Cup Day 5 / Group play
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Group G

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/DENM0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/CHIL0001.GIF

When Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal) and Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord) combined there way thru the Chile defends and gave Denmark the lead with just 24 minutes left on the clock Denmark looked in good shape. 6 minutes before Arturo Vidal (Leverkusen) was sent off for his second yellow card. Despite that Chile managed to come back with just 2 minutes left on the clock when Pablo Contreras (Zaragoza) managed to get the ball over the line after a corner kick. Twenty-five year-old Liverpool centre-back Daniel Agger gave a solid performance for Denmark in this match.
Denmark 1 – Chile 1

Group G

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/SOAF0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/ASTL0001.GIF

Host nation South Africa kicked off there World Cup campaign today in a game against Australia in Cape Town. The 63361 in the stadium went nuts after 39 minutes when Donald Mphela scored for the home nation after a free kick. But just a minute before the half Australia fought back when Jason Culina (Dinamo Kiev) scored the best goal of the tournament this fare on a beautiful curling shot from 30yds out. The two teams didn’t get close to scoring in the second half and all four teams in group G are still tied.
South Africa 1 – Australia 1

Group F

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNST0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/JAPA0001.GIF

The last game off day 5 also became the first scoreless game in this years World Cup. Japan had the ball the most and also produced the only real chance of the game. For the American team it was a bad day. They saw Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04) sent off with two yellow cards after 88 minutes and Freddy Adu (Benfica) will likely miss the rest of the tournament with an elbow injury.
USA 0 – Japan 0

Northwood_DK

03-02-2010, 10:57 AM

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Week: 24
Date: Wed 16 / 06 / 2010
Headline: World Cup Day 6 / Group play
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Group H

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNKG0100.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BULG0001.GIF

The World Cup finally started for real with England entering the tournament. It took them only 11 minutes to get the party started. Peter Crouch (Tottenham) showed up in the penalty arrear and put a loss ball in the net. 2 minutes later Ashley Cole (Chelsea) made a clumsy penalty and Martin Petrov (Man City) scored easily. In the second half both teams had chances to decide the game but the game winning goal came after 62 minutes. John Terry (Chelsea) got his head on a corner kick and scored his 7th career goal for England.
Twenty-five year-old full-back Glen Johnson gave a solid performance for England in this match. Steven Gerrard and Nikolay Mihaylov* also played some part in the fixture.
England 2 – Bulgaria 1

Group A

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/ITAL0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/URGY0001.GIF

In the first game of the second round Italy took a huge step towards booking there place in the final-16. Italy dominated the game from the start and also dominated the time of possession. The first goal came just a minute after the break when Daniele De Rossi (Roma) found Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) on the edge of offside, and Del Piro didn’t make any mistakes. Uruguay changed to a more offensive formation without creating any more chances. Instead Italy decide the game in the 86th minute when Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus) finished off a good Italian attack with a clinical finish.
Italy 2 – Uruguay 0

Group H

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/SAAR0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/CAME0001.GIF

In the last game of the first round it was Saudi Arabia against Cameroon. The Saudi team dominated the game and had several clear cut chances. The winning goal came already after 18 minutes when the Saudi keeper misjudged a free kick and left Tottenham wing backer Benoit Assou-Ekotto with an open goal. The only other memorable moment in this game was after 88 minutes when a Saudi player was ejected for arguing with the referee about what he thought to be a handball and a penalty.
Saudi Arabia 0 – Cameroon 1

* Nikolay Mihaylov is a 21-year old keeper talent that has been away from Liverpool on loan to FC Twente all season. Next season he will likely be the backup for José Manuel Reina and he might very possible also be the future goalkeeper for Liverpool.

Northwood_DK

03-03-2010, 09:37 AM

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Week: 24
Date: Thu 17 / 06 / 2010
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Liverpool today announced the signing of 4 new sponsor deals. They total value of the deals is reported to be worth £3.6mil pr year ($5.5mil). That’s up £600.000 from what Liverpool made from those same deals in the previous contract.

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Group B

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/GHAN0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/NETH0001.GIF

Holland had the ball for 61% of the time but still only came away with a draw in there second game in the 2010 World Cup. Klass-Jan Huntelaar (A.C. Milan) opened the score after 35 minutes when he suddenly found himself alone in the penalty arrear. The equalizer came after 65 minutes when Frank Wiafe Danquah scored his first ever goal for Ghana. It might also be the best goal of the entire tournament when his shot hit the upright and went inn from 30yds out. With France coming up for Holland in the final group game this was not a good result for the Orange.
Ghana 1 – Holland 1

Group B

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/CANA0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/FRAN0001.GIF

This game was over after 34 sec. That was what it took France to go up 1-0 against Canada. That was also the first of 28 shot the France team took today while Canada only had a single shot (off target) all game. France scored three more goals in the second half and with the win the France team became the first to secure a place in the final-16.
Canada 0 – France 4

Group A

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/UNKG0101.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/NGRA0001.GIF

Its party time in Scotland today after they finally made it out of the group stag in a World Cup tournament. The first score came after just 4 minutes when Darren Fletcher (Man U) put his head to a corner for an easy score. In the 36th minute he was on the mark again scoring his second goal of the game. In the second half Kenny Millar (Rangers) took over and he also scored two goals (49th and 83rd minute). This means that Italy and Scotland is thru to the second round and Scotland will win the group with a tie against Italy in the last game. Canada and Nigeria can start packing and go home.
Scotland 4 – Nigeria 0

Northwood_DK

03-04-2010, 09:44 AM

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Week: 24
Date: Fri 18 / 06 / 2010
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The build-up of excitement and optimism ahead of next season is set to increase in just seven days time with the 2010/11 English Premier Division fixtures due to be announced on Friday 25th June.
Current holders Liverpool will be eager to find out who they face in their Premier Division opener, which is set to start on Saturday 15th August.
Newly-promoted Middlesbrough, Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion and their fans will already be relishing the prospect of fixtures at stadiums such as Anfield, Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge.

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Group C

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/BRAZ0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/SKOR0001.GIF

That it took Pato (AC Milan) just 45 seconds to put the ball in the net was not a huge surprise. But that North Korea responded with a goal of there own just 2 minutes later was a stunner. The Korean goal came after horrible play by Brazilian keeper Jùlio Cèsar (Inter) when he dropped a simple cross in front of an attacker who scored easily. North Korea actually dominated the game and had the ball the most but Robinio scored Brazils go ahead goal after 42 minutes when he beat the offside trap and out sprinted the Korean defends on a counterattack. The final goal of the game came after 67 minutes when Brazil once again counter attacked and Josuè (Wolfburg) scored his first goal of the tournament. It was not an impressive win but still good enough to secure Brazil a pass for the next round.
Brazil 3 – North Korea 1

Group D

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/CZEC0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/CDIV0001.GIF

After loosing the first game to Spain the Czech Republic bounced back nicely today with a huge 3-1 win over the Ivory Coast. Tomaz Necid (CSKA Mocow) scored the first goal after 3 minutes after a beautiful cross from Rosicky. The same Rosicky the gave back a goal in the 16th minute when he missed a clearance after a corner and Arouna Konè scored his second game of the tournament. The roller coaster game then continued for Rosicky when he once again was the architect behind a Czech goal this time after 27 minutes of play. Last touch on the ball this time was David Jarolim (HSV). The last goal for the Czech Republic came after 56 minutes of play when Ivory Coast committed a stupid and harsh penalty. Tomàs Sivok (Besiktas) had no problem scoring.
Czech Republic 3 – Ivory Coast 1

Group C

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/CROA0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/CORC0001.GIF

Croatia got away with the win and a place in the final 16 in a somewhat dull performance against Costa Rica. First goal after 20 minutes was by Ivica Olic (Bayern Munich) how scored his 20th goal for Croatia and his second in the tournament on a counter attack. They then had to wait all the way to the 87th minute for the second goal. Eduardo (Arsenal) also got this second of the World Cup when the Costa Rica defends was caught napping. Costa Rica got a late goal in the 91st minute by Jairo Alvarado but it was too little to late. Brazil and Croatia is now ready for the Final-16 from group C.
Croatia 2 – Costa Rica 1

Northwood_DK

03-05-2010, 10:17 AM

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Week: 24
Date: Sat 19 / 06 / 2010
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Girondins Bordeaux have made an offer worth £875,000 plus future incentives for Gerardo Bruna. OM have had an offer accepted for Bruna and were believed to be close to sealing the transfer but Les Girondins have made an eleventh hour bid. Liverpool have accepted the offer. Gerardo Bruna was not part of Thomas Northwood’s plans for the future. Liverpool is looking for an attacking left midfielder but it was unlikely that Gerardo Bruna would be the answer in the near future for the English club.

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Group E

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/SERB0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/EGYP0001.GIF

Miralem Sulejmani (Ajax) gave Serbia the lead after 24 minutes after a long attack where Egypt failed to clear the ball at several occasions. Both team had chances but the only other goal was scored by Egypt after 74 minutes when Mido created an open chance for Amr Zaki (Sporting CP) who scored easily.
Serbia 1 – Egypt 1

Group E

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/GERM0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/MEXC0001.GIF

Germany had the ball the most and played the best an when they scored the go-ahead goal with just 1 minute to go it looked like a typical German world Cup win. But Mexico and Pàvel Pardo (Amèrica) had different plans. Two minutes in to overtime he tried a long range shot. The German keeper tried to knock it over but instead he knocked it in to his own goal for a late equalizer.
Germany 1 – Mexico 1

Group D

http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/SKOR0001.GIF vs. http://www.flags.net/images/smallflags/SPAN0001.GIF
Spain got off to a bad start when the career of Carles Puyol (Barcelona) properly ended after just 16 minutes of play when he tore a calf muscle and will be out for 4-5 months. The first goal of the game came after 41 minutes when Torres (Liverpool) made an excellent move in the box and scored easily. The second goal came after a corner when Gerard Piquè came highest and directed the ball in to the long corner with his head. Torres then scored again after 72 minutes when a South Korean player missed an interception at midfield and gave the Spanish player a free run.
Spain 3 – South Korea 0

Liverpool are stepping up the chase for Galatasaray striker Milan Baros, according to reports.
However, it is believed The Reds will have to table a bid in the region of £4,700,000 to prise him away from Ali Sami Yen. Baros, who has 2 years left on his current contract, has been at Ali Sami Yen since August 2008. He played for Liverpool back in the 2004-05 season when he scored 9 goals I 26 matches before being sold to Aston Vila. Thomas Northwood is in South Africa for the World Cup and has not commented on the report but it’s highly unlikely that he will spend most of his remaining transfer budget on a 28-year old attack striker.